India, Jan. 11 -- Tarique Rahman has been appointed as the chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), days after the demise of his mother and party chairperson Khaleda Zia following a prolonged illness. The Standing Committee of the BNP approved the appointment of Rahman as the Chairman of the party in a meeting on Friday. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir confirmed the appointment to the media after the meeting, Dhaka Tribune reported.

Rahman, speaking at a meet-and-greet event on Saturday, said there is "no reason" for the country to return to the political conditions that existed before the toppling of the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024, news portal bdnews24.Com reported. "We don't want to go back to pr...