Tarique Rahman

July massacre: Tarique promises trials if voted to power

If BNP is voted to power, the party would bring those responsible for the torture and killing during the anti-autocratic movement and the 2024 mass uprising under trial, said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman today.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Focus on public issues, not just reforms

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged political parties to present proposals to the nation to address public issues, rather than focusing only on reforms to the state structure and institutions.
11 March 2025, 18:11 PM

Graft case: SC acquits Tarique, Mamun in graft case

The Supreme Court yesterday acquitted BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his close aide Gias Uddin Al Mamun from a money laundering case, in which they were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the High Court.
6 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Tarique urges govt for neutrality ahead of polls

Tarique alleges that efforts were being made to undermine "national unity" and disrupt the electoral environment ahead of the national elections
27 February 2025, 09:39 AM

Stay alert, don’t let fascism return

Emphasising the need for unity among political parties, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged everyone to remain vigilant against the return of fascism.
24 February 2025, 22:04 PM

It won’t work without elected reps: Tarique

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said the initiative for state reforms will not work until elected representatives are entrusted with the responsibility of running the country.
17 February 2025, 18:00 PM

People deserve a fair election

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party is expecting a credible national election in Bangladesh through which people can decide who should look after them for the next five years.
30 January 2025, 21:00 PM

Implementing 31- point reform to be best revenge on AL

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has urged party leaders and activists to work for the implementation of its 31-point reform outline.
29 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Tarique for political, economic rights for all

The BNP acting chairman stresses on discipline and grassroots engagement
28 January 2025, 16:01 PM

Khaleda now at Tarique’s home

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia went to the house of her eldest son Tarique Rahman around 9:30pm on Friday (local time) after being discharged from The London Clinic where she was undergoing treatment for 17 days.
25 January 2025, 18:10 PM

BNP’s show of force on Airport Road and a political culture that refuses to change

For an outside observer, it must be baffling that the BNP, having witnessed what the actions of the last 15 years did to the Awami League in three short weeks this summer, never even considered the fact that if they didn’t play fast and loose with people’s precious time like Sheikh Hasina used to, it would set a nice contrast in the minds of voters and the young generation.
9 January 2025, 11:00 AM

Extortion charges: SC upholds scrapping of 4 cases against Tarique

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court verdicts that scrapped four extortion cases filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman during the rule of the military-backed caretaker government in 2007.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Focus on reforms, not revenge

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged his party leaders and activists to respond to their oppressors by making the party’s 31-point proposal a success, rather than resorting to reprisal and revenge.
18 December 2024, 19:00 PM

Nothing wrong in demanding election: Tarique

There is nothing wrong in political parties demanding election, said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
17 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Tarique Rahman has asked everyone to be patient: Fakhrul

Tarique will return once his legal issues are resolved, Fakhrul said
12 December 2024, 08:03 AM

SC stays Tarique's 7-yr jail sentence in money laundering case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed a High Court verdict that sentenced BNP's acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to seven years' imprisonment in a money laundering case
10 December 2024, 08:14 AM

Next election to be harder than those in past: Tarique

Warning his party men against complacency, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said the next national election will pose a much harder challenge to the party than any previous ones held in Bangladesh.
2 December 2024, 18:02 PM

Aug 21 grenade attack: Tarique, Babar, all others acquitted

The High Court yesterday acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar and all the others convicted in two cases over the grisly August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
1 December 2024, 18:40 PM

Unite against politics of vengeance

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has called for national unity to end the practice of political vengeance and pave the way for a new chapter in Bangladesh's history
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Fakhrul off to London to meet Tarique

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left the country for London yesterday morning on a 10-day visit.
30 November 2024, 20:21 PM