Tarique Rahman Returns to Bangladesh After 17-Yr Exile

Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) appearing chairman Tarique Rahman landed in Dhaka on Thursday (December 25, 2025) to a rousing welcome, weeks earlier than the nation goes to parliamentary elections.

He’s anticipated to handle a public rally quickly.

His return to Bangladesh comes after a niche of 17 years amid a recent wave of unrest and political instability that has been gripping the nation. Bangladesh has been witnessing violent protests following the killing of outstanding youth chief Sharif Osman Hadi.

The BNP Standing Committee members acquired him on the airport. He was accompanied by spouse Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.

Rahman, the 60-year-old son of ailing former premier Khaleda Zia, has emerged as a number one contender for Prime Minister within the upcoming February basic elections.

The BNP has furnished a home within the capital and bought extra bulletproof automobiles for Mr. Rahman to marketing campaign within the coming weeks. The safety scenario in Dhaka continued to stay severe with a bomb explosion killing at the least one individual within the capital’s Mogbazar space through the busy night hours of Wednesday (December 24, 2025).

Mr. Rahman’s return is being described by the BNP as the largest political occasion in its calendar, particularly as Khaleda Zia has been absent from political rallies which were managed by different senior leaders like Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khasru Mahmud Choudhury, Salauddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and different members of the nationwide standing committee of the social gathering.

(With PTI inputs)