Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- On his return to the country after nearly 18 years, Acting BNP chief Tarique Rahman says he has developed a specific roadmap to transform the nation's fortunes, calling for public cooperation to bring it to fruition.

Standing on the stage before a massive crowd in Purbachal on Thursday, he invoked Martin Luther King Jr's famous words, telling supporters: "I have a plan".

"Dear brothers and sisters, you've heard the name Martin Luther King, haven't you? He had a famous line: 'I have a dream'. Today, standing on the soil of Bangladesh, before all of you, I want to say as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party -- 'I have a plan', for the people of my country, for my country," he said.

Tarique explained that the pla...