{"id":36717,"date":"2026-09-03T13:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=36717"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:01:23","slug":"pm-tarique-rahmans-19th-jail-free-day-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=36717","title":{"rendered":"PM Tarique Rahman's 19th Jail-Free Day today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 19th \u2018Jail-Free Day\u2019 of BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is being observed today with the party recalling the period as one of the most difficult chapters of his political life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tarique Rahman was arrested on March 7, 2007 in a plot to fulfil political vendetta during the illegal 1\/11 government. After being imprisoned for about 18 months without trial, he was released on bail on September 3, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the early hours of March 7, 2007, the then BNP Senior Joint Secretary General, Tarique Rahman, was arrested from his Dhaka Cantonment residence and imprisoned. He was subjected to brutal torture while in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After securing bail in all the false and politically motivated cases filed against him, he went to England in 2008 for better treatment. After living abroad for a long time, he returned to fascism-free Bangladesh on December 25, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, in the parliamentary elections held on February 12, 2026, the country\u2019s people gave BNP the responsibility of running the state. 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