Tarique, family call on Yunus

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

Tarique arrived at Jamuna, the official residence of the chief adviser, with his family around 7:30pm and left for his Gulshan residence around 9:10pm.

Tarique and Prof Yunus last met one-on-one on June 13 last year in London during the chief adviser’s visit to the UK. 

After spending 17 years in exile in the UK, Tarique returned to Bangladesh on December 25.

Upon his arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, he spoke with Prof Yunus over the phone while waiting at the VIP lounge.

The two also briefly interacted on December 31 during the namaz-e-janaza of former prime minister Khaleda Zia at the Jatiya Sangsad complex, following her death a day earlier.

Tarique Rahman was elected BNP chairman on January 9 through a unanimous decision of the party’s highest policymaking body, the National Standing Committee.