Bangladesh’s 13th national parliamentary election has drawn wide international attention after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured a landslide victory, winning two-thirds of the seats. Major global outlets including Al Jazeera, BBC, Geo News, Dawn, NDTV, CNN, and Anadolu Agency prominently reported the results, describing the event as historic. Al Jazeera noted that Tarique Rahman’s BNP had unofficially won, while BBC said the party was confident about forming the next government.

Geo News and Dawn both emphasized BNP’s overwhelming majority, calling the election historic. NDTV reported that Tarique Rahman, after 17 years in exile in London, was on his way to becoming Bangladesh’s prime minister, adding that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had congratulated him. CNN described the victory as the first election win following the Gen-Z movement, and Anadolu highlighted the large voter turnout in the first general election since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster in 2024.

The reports collectively underscored the significance of the election outcome and the international recognition of BNP’s return to power.