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Tarique Rahman, prime minister of Bangladesh, addressing the nation on 18 February 2026

Tarique Rahman: From a Life Sentence to Prime Minister

Tarique Rahman was sentenced to life in absentia in 2018, acquitted in December 2024 when the High Court declared the trial illegal, and sworn in as prime minister of Bangladesh fourteen months

August 23, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Kazi Nazrul Islam photographed around 1921, the year he wrote the poem Bidrohi

Kazi Nazrul Islam: The Rebel Poet, 50 Years On

Kazi Nazrul Islam spent 34 of his 77 years unable to speak or write, and 50 years after his death on 29 August 1976 he is the most fought-over voice in Bangladesh.

August 23, 2026