Bangladeshi students unveil new political party

National Citizen's Party kicked started its journey in front of the National Parliament, as the Bangladeshi students unveiled a new political party on Friday. The party includes key organisers from the powerful Students Against Discrimination Group that spearheaded the uprising which ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August.

Nahid Islam, a former adviser to the interim government, is leading the new political party as the convener, while Akhtar Hossain will be the member secretary. Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize-winning microfinance pioneer who heads the caretaker government, has said that general elections will take place in late 2025 or early 2026.