Bangladesh

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and the opposition leader Shafiqur Rahman has warned that no concessions will be given if the July Charter is not implemented. The spirit of July, which led to the 2026 national election, must be upheld through active participation in Parliament, he said to reporters after ending the cleaning drive in Mirpur. ”Jamaat will continue to raise its voice ...

Retired secretary ABM Abdus Sattar has been appointed as principal secretary to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. It said Sattar will serve a one-year term from the date of joining and he must relinquish any existing professional, business or employment ties with any government, semi-government or private entity in order to take up the role. He was appointed private secretary to ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday paid tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar on the first working day of his government. At 11:00am, the Prime Minister laid a wreath at the memorial. Then he was given a guard of honur. After that, Tarique Rahman, accompanied by members of the cabinet, honouring ...

Twenty-four leaders were sworn in as state ministers in the cabinet of BNP-led government on Tuesday afternoon. The oath-taking ceremony was held at 4:28 PM at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The program was conducted by Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani, while President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to 24 state ministers. Those who took oath as state ministers are ...

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 ...