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The Awami League won the 2018 general elections and formed the government. [23] The first session of the parliament sat on 30 January 2019. As the tenure of a parliament lasts five years in Bangladesh, [3] the Sangsad was scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024.
6 January 2009 – 5 August 2024 Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad: Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury: 1 May 2013 – 6 August 2024 Chief Justice: Obaidul Hassan: 25 September 2023 – 10 August 2024 Chief Election Commissioner: Kazi Habibul Awal: 27 February 2022 – 6 August 2024 Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission: Mohammed Sohrab Hossain
After independence in 1974, Speaker of the Assembly Mohammad Mohammadullah became the first president of Bangladesh without any contestation through an election. [6] [7] He was elected through the first presidential election before presidential government system was introduced. The election was held on 24 January 1974.
Bangladesh’s president dissolved Parliament Tuesday, clearing the way for new elections to replace the longtime prime minister who resigned and fled the country following weeks of demonstrations ...
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, clearing the way for an interim government and new elections, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled ...
Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's governing and opposition parties held separate rallies in the capital on Friday over who should oversee the next general election, expected to be held early ...
Bangladesh’s figurehead president and its top military commander said late Monday that an interim government would be formed soon to preside over new elections. Hasina fled to India by helicopter on Monday as protesters defied military curfew orders to march on the capital, with thousands of demonstrators eventually storming her official ...
Scene from a polling booth in Bangladesh. Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber. The unicameral Jatiyo Sangshad, meaning national parliament, has 350 members of which 300 members are directly elected through a national election for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies while 50 memberships are reserved for the women who are selected by the ruling ...