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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Bangladesh election favourite vows to return from exile for historic vote

Tarique Rahman will return from nearly 20 years in exile to contest Bangladesh’s first election since a street agitation overthrew Sheikh Hasina last year.

Mr Rahman, 59, son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, is acting chairman, and de facto leader, of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, one of the South Asian nation’s two main parties.

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