Muhammad Yunus announced, on August 5, that Bangladesh will hold its first elections since the fall of Sheikh Hasina before February.

The anniversary culminated with Yunus, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate presiding over Bangladesh’s democratic overhaul, announcing that he would write to the chief election commissioner requesting that national elections be arranged before Ramadan in February.

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus has set February 2026 as the election date, pledging a peaceful and fair vote before the holy month of Ramadan.