Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your round-up of top international news of the past week. In this edition we are covering the results of the recent election in Bangladesh, PM Sanae Takaichi’s huge victory in Japan, Ukraine’s new sports hero Vladyslav Heraskevych, India’s seizure of Iran-linked shadow fleet ships, and the passing away of Reverend Jesse Jackson. So, let’s get to it:
BNP back in Bangladesh: In the first election held in Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster in 2025, the BNP rode back to power with a whopping two-thirds majority. However, the overall fairness of this election will remain under a cloud. After all, Hasina’s Awami League could not contest these polls because it had been suspended by the interim government of Muhammad Yunus. Naturally, this made things easier for BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, both of whom gained.
