The BNP chief arrived at Rezaul Karim’s Siddheswari residence around 7:15pm for the meeting, which is being seen as a positive political gesture after the polls, said BNP Media Cell member Atikur Rahman Rumon. BNP Chairman and Prime Minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman paid a courtesy call on Pir and Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) Ameer Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim on Monday evening, just a day before forming the next government following his party’s landslide victory in Thursday’s national election. He added that the IAB Ameer’s brothers received Tarique with floral wreaths. Earlier, on Sunday, Tarique Rahman also paid courtesy calls on Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam. In the election, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats, the National Citizen Party secured six, and Islami Andolan Bangladesh won one seat.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 16, 2026 17:44 UTC