4. Tarique Rahman Exclusive Interview With Zahirul Alam at Ntv (2006)

Since 2009, Tarique Rahman has been elected as Senior Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Tarique was the youngest leader to become Joint Secretary-General of BNP. He was elevated to this position in June 2002, in response to rising demand from ranks and files of the Party, in recognition of his contribution in 2001 general election, which brought a landslide victory. Tarique identified the challenges for BNP and planned its strategies and tactics to cope with the situation. In 1998, he established a research cell for the party and drew in the expertise of academics, professionals and business entrepreneurs along with the experiences, of politicians to plan for the future of the party.

Tarique worked to establish a competitive edge in the textiles industry and in the river transport sector. However, his passion has remained in politics, being inspired by the ideals of his father as well as his mother. Ziaur Rahman was a charismatic leader who declared Independence in March 1971. On 7 November 1975 Ziaur Rahman once again captured the imagination of the people, when he was freed from captivity through a mass upsurge defeating the traitors and agents of foreign power. Ziaur Rahman re-introduced popular democracy, multi-party system, free press and open market policy. He was extremely popular and was elected President of the country in 1978. Tarique Rahman was a teenager when his father was assassinated in 1981.

Rahman favors of promoting investments for industrialization and development of the service and IT sectors of Bangladesh. He believes in the expansion of the country’s private sector.

Tareq accompanied his mother BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, during the election campaign in 1991. She was the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been elected to this post thrice. Tarique worked closely for the Party during the general election campaign in 1996. Since then he has been involved intensively in his home district, Bogra, to institutionalize a democratic culture in the Party. His efforts, commonly known as the `Bogra Model’, which has become very popular among the root level party workers, have resulted in a system of electing Party leadership from the grassroots.

Tarique was born on November 20, 1967 to Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia. He has attended Dhaka Residential School and College and passed SSC. Later he been in Adamjee Cantonment Public School & College and passed HSC. He went to Dhaka University and obtained Honours degree at International Relation in 1988.


মুক্তিযুদ্ধের অন্যতম সংগঠক ও সাবেক রাষ্ট্রপতি জিয়াউর রহমান বীর উত্তম এবং তিনবার নির্বাচিত প্রধানমন্ত্রী বেগম খালেদা জিয়ার জেষ্ঠ্য সন্তান তারেক রহমানের জন্ম ১৯৬৫ সালের ২০ নভেম্বর তারিখে। ছোট বেলা থেকেই মিশুক ও হাস্যজ্বল এই মানুষটি মাত্র ১৬ বছর বয়সে তার বাবাকে হারান । তারপর থেকে ঢাকা ক্যান্টনমেন্টের বাসাই তাঁর বেড়ে উঠা । তিনি দেশের ঐতিহ্যবাহী শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান ঢাকা রেসিডেন্সিয়াল মডেল কলেজ হতে মাধ্যমিক ও উচ্চমাধ্যমিকে উত্তীর্ণ হন ও পরে ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে ভর্তি হন। ১৯৮৮ সালে ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে স্নাতক ডিগ্রী লাভ কর।