Bangladesh

An Indian delegation led by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla has arrived in Dhaka to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s new cabinet led by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force carrying the Indian delegation landed at the Bangladesh Air Force airbase in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon. The delegation was received ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has been unanimously elected as Leader of Parliament and Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Soon after the swearing-in, the newly elected Members of Parliament of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held a meeting where Tarique Rahman was unanimously elected as the Leader of Parliament and Prime Minister. The oath-taking ceremony took place around 11:45AM on Tuesday (February ...

Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Chaudhary arrived here to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s new cabinet led by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, marking a significant diplomatic engagement between the ...

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s new cabinet. He was received at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by the interim government’s Foreign Adviser M Touhid Hossain. Mohamed Muizzu landed at 9:07AM on Qatar Airways flight QR-640. Several high-level foreign dignitaries, including Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Speaker of India’s Lok Sabha ...

Despite earlier threatening to boycott the ceremony after the BNP declined to be sworn in as members of the Constitution Reform Council,Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have taken oath as both members of the 13th parliament and the Constitution Reform Council. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin administered the oath at 12noon. The newly elected members signed the oath register at 12:24pm. Earlier ...

BNP’s elected members of parliament will not take oaths as members of the proposed Constitution Reform Council, as it is not recognised in the constitution, said BNP Standing Committee Member and MP Salahuddin Ahmed on Tuesday. Speaking at the oath-taking ceremony before the chief election commissioner’s speech, Salahuddin said the decision was taken by the party. “None of us have ...

The newly-elected Members of Parliament from the 13th National Parliament Election took oath on Tuesday (February 17) morning. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin administered the oath to the MPs around 10:45AM at the Oath Room of the Sangsad Bhaban. BNP Chairperson and prime minister-designate Tarique Rahman, along with members of his party, took oath in the first phase.After taking ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) in the city’s Tejgaon area. During the meeting, they exchanged greetings and briefly discussed various matters related to performing responsibilities during the interim government’s tenure. Prof Yunus expressed his sincere thanks and ...

Dr Nasimul Gani, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed as the Cabinet Secretary. The appointment was announced in a notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Monday (16 February). Dr Gani has been appointed to the post on a contractual basis, according to the notification signed by Senior Assistant Secretary Mohammad Mamun Shibli. ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Sunday stated that the Bangladesh Army will return to its barracks once the newly elected government assumes office. However, he noted that a portion of the Army will remain deployed temporarily to assist in maintaining law and order until the police fully regain control. The Army Chief made the remarks while addressing personnel ...