Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- Tarique Rahman has formally become Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as per the party constitution.

The decision was unanimously approved on Friday night at a meeting of the BNP Standing Committee at the party chairperson's Gulshan office, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said.

After the death of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, the issue had been discussed within the party as Tarique, serving as Senior Vice Chairman, automatically became chairman under the BNP constitution.

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