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After Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman returned from Delhi airport following what Dhaka described arsenic “humiliating treatment”, authoritative sources present said that Mr. Rahman was “held” connected Sunday evening for “verification” due to the fact that helium has a past of combative comments connected India-related issues.
Sources successful Dhaka said that Mr. Rahman, who holds the fertile of a State Minister, successful the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) authorities was held for much than 2 hours earlier helium was cleared to participate Delhi, though by that clip helium had made up his caput to instrumentality home.
Zahed Ur Rahman was scheduled to enactment successful the 28th gathering of the IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) for which helium had travelled successful an Air India formation from Dhaka to Delhi connected Sunday (June 14, 2026). A root privy to events astatine the Indira Gandhi International Airport successful Delhi said that Mr. Rahman who is known for being a professional of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was stopped astatine the migration counter. Immigration unit did not clarify the reasons for the delay.
Held astatine immigration
“At archetypal migration officials stopped him without providing immoderate mentation and erstwhile helium asked for a reason, they said everything was good and that they were checking immoderate details. The questioning by the migration officials arsenic good arsenic the mode they treated Mr. Rahman appeared abbreviated of courtesy. He was made to beryllium connected a sofa with different passengers contempt the information that helium deserved protocol arsenic helium has the fertile of a authorities minister,” said the root successful Dhaka. “After much than 2 hours of waiting, Zahed Ur Rahman was informed that helium had been cleared. However, Mr. Rahman decided to instrumentality to Dhaka arsenic helium was disappointed,” said the root further.
The Hindu was told that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman spoke to Zahed Ur Rahman soon aft the second landed successful Dhaka. He spent much than 12 hours successful transit successful Colombo arsenic helium could not beryllium accommodated connected a nonstop Delhi-Dhaka flight. The substance was further amplified aft Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman connected Monday described the substance arsenic “regrettable”. Dhaka subsequently summoned DCM Pavan Badhe.
Officials here, however, pointed retired that the migration authorities present were alert of his youtube programmes and disapproval that helium had levelled implicit the years connected India’s handling of Bangladesh. “He arrived successful Delhi starring a Bangladesh delegation for the 28th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Indian Ocean Rim Association, and was held by migration for ‘verification’, fixed his erstwhile statements connected India.”
To enactment the “verification” process, officials present said that the authorities looked into astir 10 pages of remarks that helium had made connected youtube astir India and said, “(Despite his past disapproval of India) Zahed Ur Rahman was fixed a one-time exemption to enter, by which clip helium had decided to instrumentality by the nighttime flight.”
Zahid Ur Rahman is portion of an influential radical of individuals who were inducted into the squad of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman connected the archetypal time of his authorities connected February 17 on with Humayun Kabir, Shamsul Islam, Mahadi Amin, and Rehan Asif Asad. All 5 clasp fertile of authorities ministers. Apart from the younger 5 advisers Prime Minister Rahman besides appointed 5 veterans — Mirza Abbas, Nazrul Islam Khan, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, Mohammed Ismail Zabihullah, and Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir — arsenic advisers with afloat ministerial rank. These 10 advisers were appointed arsenic “the premier minister’s advisory team” which is expected to counsel him connected assorted issues similar overseas affairs, security, broadcast and information, health, and economical matters.
