Overview
- BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced that Rahman will arrive in Dhaka on December 25 following a standing committee meeting.
- Former prime minister Khaleda Zia, 80, remains in intensive care at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka and was placed on elective ventilator support on Thursday.
- Bangladesh’s Election Commission has scheduled parliamentary elections for February 12, 2026, setting the timeline for the BNP’s next steps.
- Rahman has said he will contest the vote, and the party has indicated he would be its choice for prime minister if Zia is deemed unfit.
- Rahman, 60, has lived in London since 2008 after a 2007 arrest, and he was acquitted of the most serious in‑absentia conviction tied to a 2004 grenade attack.