As BNP's Tarique Rahman takes oath today, Muhammad Yunus has emerged as the biggest winner in Bangladesh. He pulled off most things he set out to do in the last 18 months and conducted an election by barring his bete noire,

Bangladesh is bracing for fresh political unrest as a government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party prepares to take office, with Jamaat and allies threatening protests over a dispute on constitutional reforms and the oath-taking process.

The India-US zero-tariff textile deal for garments made with US cotton is causing significant concern within the Bangladesh garment industry

A reset of the frayed relationship is possible, say analysts. But it will require restraint - and reciprocity.

Tarique Rahman - the 60-year-old scion of a political dynasty that has dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades - has emerged with a thumping majority.

Yunus's farewell speech blurred political boundaries by grouping India's northeastern states with sovereign countries, amid strained India-Bangladesh ties.

Many on social media platform X immediately speculated that this could signal a flurry of hasty exits by Yunus’s aides as the interim government winds down ahead of the transition to the incoming BNP government.