As Bangladesh enters a critical pre-election phase, the announced return of Tarique Rahman, the son of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has sparked a predictable wave of personality-centric hype. This narrative, aggressively promoted by his party, presents him as the singular solution to the nation's challenges.

In a press statement by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Muawiya Othman, following the visit of the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Burhan, to Saudi Arabia, Muawiya said on Monday evening, 15/12/ 2025:

Yesterday, Friday 19/12/2025, a delegation from Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Sudan, headed by Ustaad Nasser Ridha, Head of the Central Communications Committee of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Sudan, accompanied by Ustaad AbduAllah, Coordinator of the Committee, met Ustaad Hassan Abd Al-Hameed a leader in Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimeen (Muslim Brotherhood) in Sudan.

A force from the security apparatuses arrested five Shabab (members) of Hizb ut Tahrir in the city of Al-Shawak, namely: Othman Al-Amin Kanda, Hassan Al-Amin Kanda, Muhammad Thamin Adam, Ahmad Babikr, and Al-Amin Abdullah. This came following Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Sudan holding a stand in front of the Ancient Mosque in Al-Shawak,