Overview
- Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma held a courtesy meeting with Rahman in Dhaka, with the BNP saying the discussion lasted about 40 minutes.
- At a public meet-and-greet, Rahman said Bangladesh should not return to the political conditions that existed before August 5, 2024.
- The BNP announced his assumption of office after a National Standing Committee meeting that unanimously appointed him to the role.
- Media reports cast the BNP as the frontrunner for next month’s vote as Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is barred from contesting under the interim administration’s order.
- Rahman returned to Bangladesh on December 25 after 17 years in self-exile, enabled by acquittals in cases filed during the Awami League era.