Bangladesh

PM Tarique Rahman Returns Home After US Visit

By MRM · 27 September 2026

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s US visit ended Sunday, September 27, 2026, when he landed back in Dhaka after five days in New York for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was his first UNGA trip since taking office following the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s landslide election win in February.

Rahman addressed world leaders on Thursday, setting out what officials called a “3-R” strategy for Bangladesh: repairing state institutions, rebuilding the economy, and restoring democratic norms after years of upheaval. The speech marked his most detailed public account yet of how his government intends to govern beyond the election mandate it won eight months ago.

Tarique Rahman US visit yields seven meetings

Alongside the assembly address, Rahman held separate meetings with seven heads of state and government during the trip, according to Bangladesh’s UN mission. Officials said the talks covered bilateral trade, development financing, and regional diplomacy, part of an effort to rebuild ties strained during the previous interim administration’s tenure.

The visit also gave Rahman another platform to press the Rohingya refugee crisis before an international audience, an issue he raised in a separate address earlier in the week. Dhaka has continued pushing donor nations and Myanmar’s neighbours for a coordinated repatriation timeline, arguing that nearly a million refugees sheltering in Cox’s Bazar cannot remain in limbo indefinitely.

Rahman departed New York on Friday and touched down in Dhaka on Sunday, closing out a trip that officials in his office described as productive on both the diplomatic and economic fronts. Attention now turns to whether the meetings translate into concrete trade or aid commitments in the coming months, and how the government implements the reconstruction agenda Rahman outlined to the assembly.