India, Feb. 20 -- After 15 years of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League's (AL) regime that is believed to have jailed thousands, disappeared hundreds, and killed over 1,400 people in July 2024 before being toppled by a mass uprising, and the ensuing uncertainty over the last 18 months, Bangladesh has finally turned a corner.

In the first free and fair, if not inclusive, elections since 2008, the Bangladeshi public has (re)elected to power the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) under the leadership of Tarique Rahman. The Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), under the leadership of its ameer, Shafiqur Rahman, won 77 of 300 seats, whereas the BNP stands at 212. The referendum on the July National Charter that promises a structural overhaul of the country's bo...