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Former PM Khaleda Zia’s son, 58-year-old Rahman is de facto chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He is set to return after almost two decades of self-exile in London
In 2008, the then army-backed caretaker government in Bangladesh sent him to London for medical treatment while legal procedures were underway against him on several criminal and graft cases.
Now, after almost two decades of self-exile, Tarique Rahman, currently the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has announced that he will “return soon” to contest the February 2026 general elections – the first since the ouster of
Sheikh Hasina
’s government following a violent uprising last year.