Bangladesh

Twenty-five members of new cabinet, formed under the leadership of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, were officially sworn in on Tuesday afternoon. The oath-taking ceremony was administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The ceremony, held shortly after 4:00 PM on Tuesday, was attended by newly elected Members of Parliament, representatives of interim government, invited guests ...

Tarique Rahman took oath on Tuesday (February 17) afternoon as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered him the oath at about 4:15PM at the South Plaza of the National Parliament. Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani conducted the oath-taking ceremony.

British Minister Seema Malhotra will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government of Bangladesh later today. She paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday. British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and Senior Secretary for SDGs Affairs Lamiya Morshed were, among others, present on the occasion. Seema ...

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 ...