PM front-runner returns after 17 years in exile

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Bangladesh opposition figure Tarique Rahman has returned after nearly 17 years in exile, as the BNP regains momentum ahead of key general elections following the 2024 removal of Sheikh Hasina.

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00:00Bangladesh Nationalist Party Acting Chairman Tariq Rahman has returned to the country after

00:06nearly 17 years in exile. His return comes as the BNP regains momentum

00:13head of landmark general elections following the 2024 ouster of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina.

00:23Rahman is widely seen as the frontrunner for Prime Minister in the general election

00:28scheduled for February. He is expected to take over the party leadership from his ailing mother,

00:34former Prime Minister Khalidazia, who is 80 years old. Rahman, who has lived in London since 2008,

00:41had been unable to return for years, while facing multiple criminal cases in Bangladesh.

00:48He was previously convicted in absentia on charges including money laundering

00:53and in a case linked to an alleged plot to assassinate Sheikh Hasina.

00:57The rulings were overturned after her ouster last year in a student-led uprising,

01:02clearing the way for his return.

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