Campaigning starts for Bangladesh's first national election after Hasina's ouster
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Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), addresses a campaign rally ahead of next month's national elections, in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Anis Mahmud)Supporters of Bangladesh's National Citizen Party hold a campaign rally ahead of next month's national elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Supporters of Bangladesh's National Citizen Party hold a campaign rally ahead of next month's national elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Supporters of Bangladesh's National Citizen Party hold a campaign rally ahead of next month's national elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Head of Bangladesh's interim government Muhammad Yunus, center, with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, inaugurate the July Uprising Memorial Museum, once the official residence of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), addresses a campaign rally ahead of next month's national elections, in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Anis Mahmud)