Why was BNP leader Tarique Rehman in exile and what made him return now?
Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) returned home from London on Thursday ahead of next year’s parliamentary polls, ending a 17-year-long exile. With ousted PM Sheikh Hasina’s party—the Awami League—barred from contesting the elections, the BNP is currently seen as the forerunner to win next year’s polls. As the BNP’s…