Tarique Rahman appointed as chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Saturday (January 10, 2026) met BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, a day after the party officially elected him to the position ahead of the scheduled February 12 elections.

“The meeting lasted for some 40 minutes,” Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) media cell spokesman Sayrul Kabir Khan told PTI, calling it a courtesy call.

BNP emerged as the forerunner in Bangladesh politics, with its once crucial ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, being the main rival, ahead of the scheduled February 12 elections, in the absence of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s now disbanded Awami League.