Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman paid a courtesy visit to the residence of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Sunday, just days after the BNP's landslide victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election held on February 12.
With voting underway for the 13th parliamentary elections, key leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen party (NCP) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have cast their votes as reported by The Daily Star.
Thousands of youth, mostly students, gathered at Manik Mia Avenue, south of the parliament building in the capital, Dhaka. Many of them were waving the national flag of Bangladesh and chanting the slogan "Inqilab Zindabad" (Long live revolution). NCP will be a liberal party, the leaders said
He is one of the key student leaders who led the movement to oust former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August of last year. He had taken charge of Bangladesh's Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
Yunus will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on an Emirates flight from Dubai at 2.10 pm, subject to the flight being on time, Dhaka Tribune reported, quoting a statement from Yunus Centre.
Leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement have proposed an interim government led by Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, in a bid to address Bangladesh's ongoing challenges.