Hawa Bhaban (also rendered as ''Hawa Bhavan'', ''Hawa Bhawan'') is the political office of the chairperson of the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

, and monitors party affairs on the chair's behalf. It was viewed as an "alternate power house" in Bangladesh when BNP was in power. It became controversial during the

2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis The 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of term of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. BNP government increased the age of chief ...

, when the party joint secretary was

Tareq Rahman Tarique Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician who is the current acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He has been residing in London with his family since he left Bangladesh in September 2008. Early life and ...

. Some of government officials had a regular contact with viya (Tareq) to manipulate administrative matters like promotion, posting, appointment etc. of different ministries and division as a parallel government was administered from Hawa Bhaban.

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