Nahid Islam, who recently resigned from Muhammad Yunus' interim government, is leading the National Citizen Party (NCP) and has promised to establish a "New Bangladesh"

Just days after resigning from Muhammad Yunus’ interim government, Nahid Islam, known as the face of the protests that led to Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, will announce his new political party today. This new political force will reportedly seek inspiration from India’s Aam Aadmi Party.

Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August are now diving into politics by forming a new political party.

Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by the end of the year.

Nahid Islam, convener of the newly formed Jatiya Nagorik Party, has declared that Bangladesh’s political landscape will not accommodate pro-India or pro-Pakistan influences. Instead, he emphasized that the party aims to rebuild the state with a focus on

A new youth-led party wants to reshape the political landscape in a country that has been grappling with unrest since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina last August.