January 28, 2026 9:22 AM
Bangladesh: Tarique Rahman questions Jamaat’s past silence as parties trade barbs during campaign
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday questioned Jamaat-e-Islami over its role in the BNP-led four-party alliance government from 2001 to 2006, asking why Jamaat ministers did not resign at the time if the administration was truly corrupt, as is now being alleged. Addressing an election rally at the Mymensingh Circuit House ground, Tarique said BNP was being branded as a “champion of corruption” using rhetoric similar to that employed by a former autocratic...