Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to come back to Bangladesh on 25 December, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced on Friday.

Fakhrul disclosed the information during a press briefing at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office tonight, a day after Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin unveiled the schedule for the upcoming national election.

Meanwhile, a diplomat at the Bangladesh High Commission in London also informed the media that Tarique Rahman has not yet applied for a travel pass.

Mirza Fakhrul had previously hinted at Tarique's homecoming during the opening session of the fifth day of the "BNP's Plan to Build the Country" workshop in Dhaka yesterday, saying the BNP leader ...