1. Tarique Rahman is the eldest son of Ziaur Rahman, former Bangladeshi president, and first female prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia.
31 Facts About Tarique Rahman
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Tarique Rahman is widely seen as an influential figure in BNP and held several high-profile positions within the party, including the post of senior vice chairman.
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Tarique Rahman Zia went into self-imposed exile in London soon after, citing concerns for his safety and claiming that he was being persecuted by the authorities.
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Tarique Rahman was born on 20 November 1965 in Dacca, East Pakistan.
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Tarique Rahman belongs to a notable Bengali Muslim political family of Mandals hailing from Bagbari in Gabtali, Bogra District.
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Tarique Rahman then earned his HSC from Adamjee Cantonment College.
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Tarique Rahman started his political career as a primary member of the Gabtali Upazila, Bogura District Branch of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1988.
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Tarique Rahman actively assembled support for the party during the national elections of 1991, when the transition was taking place from military government to the elected BNP government.
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Tarique Rahman was a member of the BNP's National Campaign Strategy Committee, and was responsible for coordinating the election campaigns in five constituencies from which his mother Khaleda Zia was contesting.
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Tarique Rahman actively campaigned to address issues of economic deprivation and started championing a countrywide consultation program aimed at publicizing the plight of the people living in rural areas.
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Tarique Rahman was the prime suspect in the 21 August 2004 Dhaka attack which targeted a public rally organized by the then-opposition party Awami League.
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Tarique Rahman was sentenced to life imprisonment by Bangladesh Court.
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In 2024, Tarique Rahman was acquitted after the whole trial proceedings was judged to be "illegal".
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On 9 November 2017, the Bangladesh Supreme Court dismissed Khaleda and Tarique Rahman's petition seeking stay on trial proceedings on the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
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Tarique Rahman addressed a few public meetings on her way to Bogura and alleged that the then present government was trying to harass her son so that he cannot return to the country.
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On 8 December 2009, in The 5th National Council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman was declared as the senior vice chairman of BNP.
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On 25 July 2013, Tarique Rahman was invited to an Iftar party in London arranged by the expatriate supporters of the party.
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In September 2013, some representatives from the Government of the United States met Tarique Rahman and discussed some bilateral issues.
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On 4 January 2014, in a video message posted on YouTube, Tarique Rahman called for a boycott of the next day's general election in Bangladesh.
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In 2015, Tarique Rahman registered a private firm by the name of White and Blue Consultants Limited which is a PR and communications firm.
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The documentation of incorporation filed with the UK Companies House shows that Tarique Rahman has listed his nationality as British.
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Tarique Rahman denied this claim and served a legal notice to Md.
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In November 2018, Tarique Rahman conducted the interview process through Skype for the nomination seekers of BNP party at the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.
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Tarique Rahman pledged to support the reform process of the interim government.
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BNP officials and leaders claimed that this judgement is a proof of his innocence and he had no involvement with corruption, and that all the cases against Tarique Rahman were "politically motivated".
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On 21 July 2016, Tarique Rahman was found guilty by the Bangladesh High Court overturning a lower court verdict that acquitted him earlier.
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Tarique Rahman was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and fined Tk 20 crore by the Court.
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On 10 October 2018, Tarique Rahman was sentenced to life in prison for the case of the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.
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Tarique Rahman was accused to be the mastermind of the attack by Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.
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In 2015, a case against Tarique Rahman was filed by an Awami League official over remarks he made at a speech in London in 2014 about Bangladesh's founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Tarique Rahman, who was the founder of the Awami League, which were alleged to be seditious.
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Tarique Rahman married Zubaida Rahman on 3 February 1994, a physician and the youngest daughter of Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan, former Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh Navy and the first cousin of Irene Khan, currently serving as the United Nations Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion.