New Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2026<\/p>\n
Bangladesh’s elections next week could reshape South Asia’s balance of power, as Beijing seeks to consolidate influence and ties with India falter, analysts say. <\/p>\n
The February 12 poll will be the nation’s first since a student-led uprising toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic regime in August 2024… New Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2026 Bangladesh’s elections next week could reshape South Asia’s balance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach.jpg",600,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach-300x250.jpg",300,250,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach.jpg",600,500,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach.jpg",600,500,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach.jpg",600,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach.jpg",600,500,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach.jpg",600,500,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach.jpg",600,500,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210345-bangladesh-elections-test-ties-with-india-as-china-deepens-outreach-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Health<\/a>","tag_info":"Health","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/210346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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