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.

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 15 sticks of power gel and 17 electric detonators from Zakiganj upazila in Sylhet. Lt Col Md Jubayer Anwar, Commanding Officer of Zakiganj Battalion (19 BGB), confirmed the matter in a press release issued on Monday afternoon. According to BGB, the explosives were recovered on Sunday night during a joint operation conducted ...

At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, Norwich market is only just stirring: shutters are still down and the aisles are quiet. In the nearby Memorial Gardens, however, a large crowd has already gathered: the market’s pigeons are waiting to be fed. Jenny Coupland arrives on the scene a little later than her usual hour, with a backpack brimming with seed. ...

Children are at risk of measles because the NHS is “clearly failing” to ensure they get the MMR vaccine and its system needs an urgent overhaul, MPs and health experts have warned. Calls are growing for major reform of how MMR jabs are delivered as it emerged that vaccination rates in some parts of England are now on a par ...

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 ...

Barcelona were stunned by Girona who roared back to win 2-1 at home in a breathless Catalan derby on Monday, as last season’s champions failed to return to the LaLiga summit, leaving Real Madrid top of the table. Barcelona struck the woodwork twice in the first half, Raphinha hitting the post before Lamine Yamal fired a penalty against the same ...

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 ...