Updated On: 25 April, 2018 08:22 AM IST | Dhaka | Agencies
Refuting junior foreign minister Shahriar Alam's claim that the BNP acting chief has abandoned his Bangladeshi citizenship, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said "he has temporarily sought asylum in London"


Tarique Rahman. Pic/AFP
The "fugitive" son of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman, has "temporarily" sought political asylum in the UK, his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said, triggering a political uproar in the country.