Acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladeshi heavyweight politician Tarique Rahman said Monday (October 6, 2025) he would return “soon” after 17 years in self-imposed exile to contest the first elections since a 2024 mass uprising. Rahman, 59, heir to Bangladesh’s longtime ruling family as son of … Read more
The student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami swept the Dhaka University’s students union elections, the results of which were declared on Wednesday (September 10, 2025), the first such victory for an Islamist student group since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971. The student front of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) rejected the results, alleging “planned … Read more
Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters during a protest rally in Dhaka. File | Photo Credit: AP The July Proclamation that is being planned on the anniversary of the anti-Sheikh Hasina uprising on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) in Dhaka will be opposed if it goes against the constitution of Bangladesh, said a senior leader of Bangladesh Nationalist … Read more
