https://www.scmp.com/rss/522195/feed The latest news and top stories on National Citizen Party. A prominent Bangladesh-based political party, the National Citizen Party (NCP) was established on 28 February 2025, emerging from the student-led July 2024 mass uprising. Headquartered in Dhaka, the NCP is dedicated to creating a "second republic" by drafting a new constitution and dismantling constitutional autocracy. Its main areas of focus include political reform, combating corruption, promoting national unity and ensuring citizen... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Bangladesh’s prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman on Saturday dedicated his landslide election win to those who “sacrificed for democracy”, calling for unity after the first polls since a deadly 2024 uprising. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Rahman, 60, the scion of one of the most powerful political dynasties, is set to lead the South Asian nation of 170 million people after sweeping elections on Thursday. “This victory belongs to Bangladesh, belongs to democracy,” he said, in his... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3343587/bangladesh-pm-be-celebrates-landslide-win-thanks-protesters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3343587/bangladesh-pm-be-celebrates-landslide-win-thanks-protesters?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:21:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Bangladesh’s election campaign entered its final day on Monday before this week’s vote, with rival parties invoking the 2024 uprising that ended the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina. Tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters attended a succession of rival rallies across the sprawling capital Dhaka, as parties sought to harness the legacy of the mass uprising and pitch competing visions of change for the country of 170 million in Thursday’s election. The South Asian nation will elect a 350-seat... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3342969/bangladeshs-political-parties-campaign-over-revolutions-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3342969/bangladeshs-political-parties-campaign-over-revolutions-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:32:47 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Bangladesh’s student leaders, one of the main driving forces behind the mass protests that brought down former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024, now face an uncertain political future. Despite their central role in the uprising, the youth movement has been granted only a small share of parliamentary seats under a new electoral alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami – an Islamist party that was long politically marginalised but has re-emerged as a central player. Under the agreement, the student-led... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3340471/bangladeshs-student-leaders-sidelined-islamist-allies-poll-pact?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3340471/bangladeshs-student-leaders-sidelined-islamist-allies-poll-pact?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:00:11 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji India’s decision to suspend visa services from Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong after a fresh bout of political violence underscores how difficult it may be for bilateral ties to return to normal any time soon, analysts have said. The suspension, announced on Sunday, followed protests triggered by the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, a youth leader linked to last year’s student-led uprising, who was shot in Dhaka on December 12 and later died from his injuries at a hospital in Singapore after... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3337371/indias-partial-visa-suspension-signals-unease-over-bangladeshs-recent-unrest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3337371/indias-partial-visa-suspension-signals-unease-over-bangladeshs-recent-unrest?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:06:01 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Dhaka’s already strained relationship with New Delhi has come under fresh pressure after a Bangladeshi opposition leader threatened to shelter separatists targeting India’s sensitive northeast region in retaliation for what he claimed to be election interference. Hasnat Abdullah, a leader of the newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP), warned at a rally in Dhaka on Monday that he would carry out the move if Bangladesh believed India was trying to influence its election in February. “If... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3336823/bangladeshi-politicians-threat-targeting-indias-northeast-deepens-row?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3336823/bangladeshi-politicians-threat-targeting-indias-northeast-deepens-row?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:00:12 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Two months before Bangladesh heads to the polls for the first time since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, the most established party still in the race, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is facing deep uncertainty as its two top figures are either gravely ill or stuck abroad. BNP chair Begum Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister, is battling serious complications involving her heart, liver and lungs and is expected to be flown to London from Dhaka for treatment, while her son Tarique... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3335640/why-a-leading-party-in-Bangladesh-is-facing-uncertainty-as-election-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3335640/why-a-leading-party-in-Bangladesh-is-facing-uncertainty-as-election-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:00:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters Honduran centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla on Thursday alleged fraud in the country’s highly contested presidential vote after his Trump-backed rival Nasry Asfura pulled narrowly past him overnight. Nasralla, in a post on X, said the screen displaying the vote data went blank at 3.24am and alleged “an algorithm changed the data”, giving the higher tally to Asfura after Nasralla had been leading the vote count since Tuesday. The results are being updated on the electoral body’s website. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3335258/honduran-centrist-nasralla-alleges-vote-fraud-trump-backed-asfura-edges-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3335258/honduran-centrist-nasralla-alleges-vote-fraud-trump-backed-asfura-edges-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:55:50 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A businessman who has US President Donald Trump’s backing for the presidency of Honduras was locked in a “technical tie” with a right-wing TV host after a preliminary vote count, the Central American country’s electoral body said on Monday. Nasry Asfura, 67, led 72-year-old rival Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes, making it a “technical tie”, National Electoral Council (CNE) head Ana Paola Hall said on X after a partial digital tally of Sunday’s down-to-the-wire ballot. She called for... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334823/right-wing-rivals-honduras-presidency-technical-tie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334823/right-wing-rivals-honduras-presidency-technical-tie?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:30:26 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Bangladesh is navigating a morass of political hurdles in the lead-up to its election set for early next year, including conflicting demands over proportional representation in parliament. Both the country’s largest Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and the newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP), which draws support from student leaders who toppled the previous regime of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have demanded that the coming poll be conducted on the basis of the new... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3327386/bangladesh-grapples-political-fragmentation-ahead-key-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3327386/bangladesh-grapples-political-fragmentation-ahead-key-election?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:30:12 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji A violent clash in Bangladesh on Wednesday between a student-led political movement and supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has exposed deep political fault lines, with analysts warning of further unrest. At least four people were killed and dozens injured when members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) – formed by student activists – marched on Gopalganj district, a traditional stronghold of Hasina’s Awami League and the site of a mausoleum dedicated to her father, independence... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3318745/has-bangladeshs-post-hasina-transition-hit-violent-roadblock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3318745/has-bangladeshs-post-hasina-transition-hit-violent-roadblock?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:31:40 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Bangladeshi security forces on Wednesday clashed with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, leaving at least four people dead and scores injured, a hospital official and local media said. The violence erupted in the morning and spread as a new political party formed by students who led the uprising against Hasina in August last year announced a march towards southwestern Gopalganj district, Hasina’s ancestral and her Awami League party’s stronghold. Authorities later imposed an... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3318520/bangladesh-violence-leaves-least-4-dead-post-hasina-turmoil-persists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3318520/bangladesh-violence-leaves-least-4-dead-post-hasina-turmoil-persists?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:00:16 +0000