Tarique Rahman To Return As Bangladesh Nationalist Party Pitches Him for PM.
Tarique Rahman is expected to return to Bangladesh sometime between November and December, ahead of the elections in February.
As Bangladesh gears up for elections in February next year, the focus is back on the possible return of Tarique Rahman, the Acting Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, or the BNP.
BNP's acting chairman's advisor on foreign affairs, Humayun Kabir, has said if the BNP wins the election and forms the government, Tarique Rahman will become the prime minister, Bangladesh daily, Prothom Alo, reported.
Tarique Rahman is expected to return to Bangladesh sometime between November and December, ahead of the elections in February.
The BNP, his party, was the main opposition party during the Sheikh Hasina regime and boycotted the election in 2024 saying it was rigged in favour of Sheikh Hasina.
Tarique Rahman has been living abroad as under the Sheikh Hasina regime he was booked and convicted in cases and handed prison sentences. He was given life sentence in the August 21 grenade attack cases....