BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on December 25, 2025. Photo: Screengrab via YouTube/@BNP Central Office
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman landed in Dhaka on Thursday (December 25, 2025) to a rousing welcome, weeks before the country goes to parliamentary elections.
He is expected to address a public rally soon.
His return to Bangladesh comes after a gap of 17 years amid a fresh wave of unrest and political instability that has been gripping the country. Bangladesh has been witnessing violent protests following the killing of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi.
The BNP Standing Committee members received him at the airport. He was accompanied by wife Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.
Rahman, the 60-year-old son of ailing former premier Khaleda Zia, has emerged as a leading contender for Prime Minister in the upcoming February general elections.
The BNP has furnished a house in the capital and purchased additional bulletproof vehicles for Mr. Rahman to campaign in the coming weeks. The security situation in Dhaka continued to remain serious with a bomb explosion killing at least one person in the capital’s Mogbazar area during the busy evening hours of Wednesday (December 24, 2025).
Mr. Rahman’s return is being described by the BNP as the biggest political event in its calendar, especially as Khaleda Zia has been absent from political rallies that have been managed by other senior leaders like Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khasru Mahmud Choudhury, Salauddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and other members of the national standing committee of the party.
(With PTI inputs)
Published – December 25, 2025 12:00 pm IST
