Alliances led by the BNP and the Jamaat are vying for seats in Bangladesh’s first election since Hasina’s ouster. Voters in Bangladesh will head to the polls on Thursday for the country’s first parliamentary elections since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted following her brutal crackdown on widespread student-led protests in 2024, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,400 people. Election campaigning ended on Tuesday morning. Here is how voting works in Bangladesh. What time do polls open in Bangladesh? Polls will open at 7:30am (01:30 GMT) on February 12 and close at 4:30pm (10:30 GMT). Votes will be cast across 42,761 polling centres in 64 districts for 300 parliamentary constituencies, according to the Election Commission of Bangladesh (ECB). How does voting...