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Political reset in B'desh as Tarique back in Dhaka
The Morning Standard
|December 26, 2025
Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's son calls for building an inclusive Bangladesh
AMID unrest and chaos in Bangladesh following the murder of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka on Thursday after 17 years in self-exile.
The dramatic return of Rahman, the acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is expected to change the dynamics of the February 12 elections with a possible contest between the BNP and its former ally Jamaat-e-Islami.
This story is from the December 26, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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