Bangladesh General Election 2026 LIVE Updates: Bangladeshi is voting today in a crucial national election, the first since the July 2024 uprising that ended former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15 years of iron-fisted rule.

The polls will be held in the absence of its two most towering political figures, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in India since she was deposed in 2024, and Khaleda Zia, who died in December 2025.

Washington will begin making initial payments towards the billions of dollars it owes the United Nations “within weeks”, while continuing to push for reforms, the US ambassador to the UN said.