Bangladesh Perspective: Will Gen-Z Reshape Future Governing System?

Bangladesh’s politics is now at the crossroads. Apparently, two small elections – Dhaka University Students’ Union (DUCSU) and Jahangirnagar University Students’ Union – have given the nation a big jolt. Leaders of liberal democratic parties like BNP have started soul-searching, asking themselves if they are on the right track. The two student union polls were held just ahead of Bangladesh’s national election, expected in February, following the earth-shaking July Upsurge. Since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5, after a 36-day boiling movement, the nation has been united in its expectation of real change in the political landscape. During the following months, an impression grew that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was the main contender in the 13th parliamentary election. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, did not sit idle; nor have they over the past 26 years. At one point, they claimed it was Chhatra Shibir ...

• 12 Sep 2025