{"id":317472,"date":"2026-02-12T21:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bangladesh-vote-almost-all-major-political-parties-purchasing-bot-accounts-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:01:28","slug":"bangladesh-vote-almost-all-major-political-parties-purchasing-bot-accounts-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bangladesh-vote-almost-all-major-political-parties-purchasing-bot-accounts-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh vote: &#8216;almost all major political parties purchasing bot accounts&#8217; | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cPY7Y7LHSCs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Bangladesh vote: 'almost all major political parties purchasing bot accounts' | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPY7Y7LHSCs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Votes are being counted in Bangladesh\u2019s first election since the uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina\u2019s authoritarian rule two years ago.<br \/>\nHer party &#8211; the Awami League was banned from standing. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, entered the race as the front\u2011runner. The BNP is one of the two major political forces and pitches itself as a conservative alternative. Its main challenger is an 11\u2011party alliance led by the Islamist Jamaat\u2011e\u2011Islami. Security was tightened when clashes broke out at some polling stations. <\/p>\n<p>00:00 DW correspondent Nimisha Jaiswal reports from a counting center in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.<br \/>\n01:31 Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, a computational scientist and executive Director at the Tech Global Insitute talks to DW <\/p>\n<p>#bangladesh #genzprotests<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Votes are being counted in Bangladesh\u2019s first election since the uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina\u2019s authoritarian rule two years ago. Her party &#8211; the Awami League was banned from standing. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, entered the race as the front\u2011runner. 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