Who Is Bangladesh’s Next Leader Rahman and What Are His Plans?
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Tarique Rahman is Bangladesh’s presumptive next leader after his party swept Thursday’s general election, easily overcoming an alliance of Islamist parties and student leaders.
The decisive win for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party paves the way for Rahman to become the South Asian country’s first democratically elected leader since a youth-led uprising in 2024 ousted longtime leader Sheikh Hasina.