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Yunus tried to bring reforms and justice for Hasina-era victims. But as his stint as leader ends, he has his critics.

Bangladesh's interim government, Muhammad Yunus addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2025.

At least 16 political activists have been killed since elections were announced in December.

A man walks past a police cordon.

On-the-ground campaigning kicks off on Thursday, but parties have been locked in online battles for month.

FILE - People engage with their mobile phones at Dhaka University area, Bangladesh, Dec.21, 2023. Artificial intelligence is supercharging the threat of election disinformation worldwide, making it easy for anyone to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters. People in countries with low literacy rates, such as Bangladesh and India, are especially vulnerable to social media misinformation. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)

A divide over whether dual citizens should be allowed to contest is threatening Bangladesh’s February elections.

People watch Bangladesh's Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin's address to the nation on a TV, in Dhaka

Khaleda’s death marks the end of an era. But will it be the start of a new one under Khaleda’s son Tarique Rahman?

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman, Tarique Rahman, center, arrives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, after returning from London, ending more than 17 years of self-imposed exile. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

The 79-year-old fought to restore democracy after military takeover in 1980s, but corruption claims tainted her legacy.

FILE - Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia waves to supporters after she was arrested, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman, File)

As hundreds of families who lost loved ones in 2024 protests welcome verdict, many wonder if Hasina will face justice.

A man holds a poster in front of the court demanding the capital punishment ahead of the verdict on charges of crimes against humanity for a deadly crackdown on student-led protests in 2024 against the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 17, 2025.

More than a year after PM Hasina’s ousting, unlawful killings and disappearances – features of her rule – continue.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stand guard during a nationwide protest in Dhaka

The attack followed a controversial speech by removed former PM Sheikh Hasina, Rahman’s daughter, from exile in India.

A group of protesters inside Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic residence.

India has scaled back visa operations in Bangladesh, hitting thousands of patients who rely on its hospitals for care.

Shariful Islam and his wife, from Joypurhat in northwestern Bangladesh, have been travelling to India for the past four years for medical treatment. Now, their visas have expired and they're struggling to get new ones [Moudud Ahmmed Sujan/Al Jazeera]