New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- Stepping barefoot on to the soil of his homeland and picking up a handful of earth, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka on Thursday, 25 December, ending more than 17 years of self-exile in the United Kingdom.

Addressing a huge crowd of people in Dhaka, who gathered to hear him speak, Rahman invoked American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, stating, 'I have a dream.' Like him, I want to say, I have a plan for Bangladesh."

Paying homage to the 1971 Liberation War - Tarique Rahman said Bangladesh had been "liberated twice"- first in 1971 and again through the July 2024 student uprising - which saw former PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster.

Aged 60-years-old - Tarique...