{"id":12789,"date":"2025-12-25T08:18:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bangladesh-pm-hopeful-tarique-rahman-returns-home-after-17-years-and-dhaka-turns-out-in-force\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T08:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:18:24","slug":"bangladesh-pm-hopeful-tarique-rahman-returns-home-after-17-years-and-dhaka-turns-out-in-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bangladesh-pm-hopeful-tarique-rahman-returns-home-after-17-years-and-dhaka-turns-out-in-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh PM hopeful Tarique Rahman returns home after 17 years \u2014 and Dhaka turns out in force"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DHAKA, Dec 25 — Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh today by huge crowds of supporters after his 17 years in self-imposed exile.<\/p>\n

Rahman, the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and heir apparent of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), shook hands with party leaders after touching down at the Dhaka airport.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he waved to supporters before ducking into a convoy under tight security, video posted by his party showed.<\/p>\n

Since early today, BNP-backers have been gathering in the capital, plastering the streets with banners and festoons bearing images of Rahman.<\/p>\n

Patriotic songs blared from loudspeakers while cut-outs depicted Rahman riding a stallion.<\/p>\n

Rahman left Bangladesh for London in 2008 after what he has described as political persecution.<\/p>\n

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As acting chairman of the BNP, Rahman will lead the party through the February 12 general election, the first polls since ex-premier Sheikh Hasina’s exit following a student-led uprising last year.<\/p>\n

The BNP is widely seen as an election frontrunner, with Rahman expected to be put forward as prime minister if his party wins a majority.<\/p>\n

Rahman’s ailing mother, 80-year-old former leader Zia, is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka.<\/p>\n

Despite years of ill health and imprisonment, Zia vowed in November to campaign in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n

But she was hospitalised soon after making that pledge, and has been in intensive care ever since.<\/p>\n

Rahman’s return comes after recent unrest over the killing of popular student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a staunch India-critic who took part in last year’s mass uprising.<\/p>\n

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Hadi, 32, was shot by masked assailants this month in Dhaka, and later died of his wounds at a Singapore hospital.<\/p>\n

His death set off violent protests with mobs torching several buildings, including two major newspapers deemed to favour India, as well as a prominent cultural institution. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DHAKA, Dec 25 — Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh today by huge crowds of supporters after his 17 years in self-imposed exile. Rahman, the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and heir apparent of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), shook hands with party leaders after touching…<\/p>\n

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