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Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting president Tarique Rahman submitted his information papers connected Monday (December 29, 2025) for the upcoming elections.
The papers were filed astir 12:00 p.m. connected Monday (December 29) astatine the bureau of the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner successful Segunbagicha, the Daily Star reported.
Abdus Salam, BNP chairperson’s adviser, accompanied by Professor Dr. Farhad Halim Donar, Chief Advisor of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB), submitted the information connected Mr. Rahman’s behalf.
Mr. Rahman volition contention the February 12 predetermination from the Dhaka-17 constituency. Today is the last time for the submission of information papers for the 13th National Parliamentary Election.
Speaking astatine a briefing, Mr. Salam expressed gratitude to all, saying metropolis residents warmly welcomed Mr. Rahman aft 17 years successful exile.
He added that they expect the radical of Dhaka-17 to spontaneously formed their votes for him successful the February 12 election.
On Sunday (December 28), Bangladesh’s Election Commission approved the inclusion of Mr. Rahman successful the elector database weeks up of the polls.
A time earlier, the 60-year-old person of the BNP visited the Election Commission (EC) bureau successful Dhaka and provided fingerprints and iris scans for biometric enrolment. He had earlier submitted his elector registration exertion online.
Son of erstwhile Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Mr. Rahman, and his girl Zamia completed each indispensable procedures for elector registration and the issuance of a National Identity Card (NID) astatine the EC connected Saturday (December 27).
Now, aft inclusion successful the elector list, a caller NID fig volition beryllium generated for him and his daughter.
Bangladesh archetypal introduced a elector database with photographs and biometric information successful 2008. Mr. Rahman, who was a governmental captive then, near for London connected September 11, 2008, aft his release. As the BNP person was overseas astatine the time, helium was not included successful the elector list.
Ending his self-exile of 17 years, the BNP person returned to Bangladesh from London connected December 25 to instrumentality implicit the reins of his enactment adjacent arsenic his mother, Khaleda Zia, is successful “extremely critical” information astatine a Dhaka hospital.
