Tareq Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician. He is Second Joint Secretary-General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Mr. Rahman is a politician from the northern district of Bogra. His mother is Khaleda Zia, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the Chairperson of BNP. Tareq Rahman's father was the late President Ziaur Rahman. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bengali: বাà¦à¦²à¦¾à¦¦à§à¦¶ à¦à¦¾à¦¤à§à¦¯à¦¼à¦¤à¦¾à¦¬à¦¾à¦¦à§ দল Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dôl, BNP) is the immediate past ruling political party of Bangladesh, as part of an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (as of October 2006). ... Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Dhaka division. ... Khaleda Zia (Bangla: à¦à¦¾à¦²à§à¦¦à¦¾ à¦à¦¿à¦¯à¦¼à¦¾) (born 15 August 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996, the first woman in the countrys history to hold that position, and then again from 2001 to 2006. ... Ziaur Rahman (Bengali: Ziaur Rôhman) (January 19, 1936 â May 30, 1981) was the 6th President of Bangladesh and founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. ...
On March 8, 2007, Tareq Rahman was arrested by law enforcing authorities on allegations of corruption during the BNP's five-year regime.