BNP’s Tarique Rahman visits his father’s grave 17 years after return from self-exile

BNP acting president Tarique Rahman connected Friday (December 26, 2025) visited the sedate of his begetter and Bangladesh's erstwhile president Ziaur Rahman successful Dhaka, 17 years aft helium returned location from self-exile successful the U.K.

The 60-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting president returned to the state connected Thursday (December 25, 2025) aft surviving successful London since 2008.

Rahman reached Zia Udyan successful a red-and-green bulletproof autobus and paid floral tributes astatine the grave, offering 'dua' and 'munajat' for the eternal bid of his father’s soul, quality portal bangla.daily-sun.com reported.

BNP laminitis Ziaur Rahman was a Bangladeshi subject serviceman who served arsenic the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination successful 1981. He retired from the service successful 1978 with the fertile of lieutenant general.

The BNP person was accompanied by elder enactment leaders during the visit.

According to the Daily Star newspaper, members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), constabulary and the service barred media unit and enactment activists from entering the sedate country and its surroundings.

While Rahman was paying respects, enactment leaders and activists gathered successful beforehand of the entranceway and chanted slogans.