Tarek Rahman Is Prime Minister

DHAKA, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting Chairman Tarique Rahman returned from nearly 17 years in exile on Thursday, a homecoming the party hopes will energise supporters with Rahman poised to be the top contender for prime minister in February.

Tarique Rahman, the front-runner to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh, has returned to the country after 17 years in exile ahead of landmark general elections. The 60-year-old is the figurehead of the influential Zia family and the son ...

Tarique Rahman was sworn in as Bangladesh's prime minister on 17 February after his centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to a landslide in the general election.

The return of the politician, Tarique Rahman, who had managed the political affairs of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as its de facto leader from Britain for 17 years, was the latest twist in the country’s disruptive politics.

Tarique Rahman recently became ... 2026 · Tarique Rahman was sworn in as Bangladesh's prime minister on 17 February after his centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to a landslide in the general election...

Later in 2024, following the July Uprising, the court acquitted him of all charges and quashed his sentence. He subsequently returned to Bangladesh in late 2025 and won in the 2026 general election. In 2026, he was named one of 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine. Tarique ...

Tarique Rahman (born 20 November 1968), better known natively as Tarique Zia, is a Bangladeshi politician who has been the prime minister of Bangladesh since February 2026. He is the eldest son of former Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman and ...

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He was convicted in absentia on charges that included money laundering and in a case linked to an alleged plot to assassinate Hasina, but the rulings were overturned after Hasina was ‌ousted last year in a student-led uprising, clearing the legal barriers to Rahman’s return.