The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won a majority of more than two-thirds of seats in parliament in a landmark election.
This is a huge change of fortunes for BNP leader Tarique Rahman who spent 17 years in self-imposed exile in London, our correspondent said.
Voters also endorsed sweeping constitutional reform in a referendum held alongside the general election.
These are the first polls since student-led protests in 2024 ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, who denies ordering a crackdown in which 1,400 people were killed.
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