BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman-File PhotoDHAKA, Jan 28, 2026 (BSS) – The US-based TIME magazine in its latest issue published today called BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman the “clear front runner” in the upcoming February 12 elections as it carried an analysis ahead of the polls. The TIME interviewer spoke to Rahman at the garden of his family home, “resplendent with bougainvillea and marigolds” when the new BNP chairman gave his first interview since returning home after 17 years in exile. but if you ask me to do something, I try my best,” Rahman told the magazine. The TIME wrote to his supporters, Rahman was a “persecuted redeemer returning to save his beleaguered homeland” while he “insists he’s the right person to heal his riven nation”. TIME wrote Rahman appeared “soft-spoken and introverted, preferring to listen rather than hold court” while his favorite pastime in London was strolling around leafy Richmond Park, “lost in his thoughts, or reading history books”.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 28, 2026 22:13 UTC