{"id":1084,"date":"2026-02-18T06:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:14:10","slug":"tarique-rahman-elected-bangladeshs-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/tarique-rahman-elected-bangladeshs-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarique\u00a0Rahman\u00a0elected Bangladesh’s prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administers oath to BNP chairman, 49-member Cabinet <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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By SM Najmus Sakib and Saadet Gokce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman\u00a0took the oath of office on Tuesday as the 11th prime minister of the South Asian nation, according to media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rahman is the first male premier since 1991 and will serve a five-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the BNP chairman and the 49-member Cabinet, in front of the parliament building in Dhaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 25 ministers and 24 state ministers were also sworn in during the ceremony, according to The Business Standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technocrat Khalilur Rahman was appointed foreign minister, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury as minister for finance and planning, while Tarique retained the defence portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier Tuesday, 297 lawmakers, including those from the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led bloc, were sworn in for the 13th parliament, elected in last week\u2019s historic elections, the first time since the 2024 uprising, which uprooted the 15-year-long government of the Awami League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign leaders and officials joined the outgoing interim government leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his team during the oath-taking ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Pakistan\u2019s Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, India’s lower house speaker Om Birla and UK Under-Secretary Seema Malhotra were among the foreign guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interim government has ruled the country since August 8, 2024, after Awami League leader and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India on August 5 of that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yunus and his team held elections last week, resulting in Bangladesh\u2019s first elected government in 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Awami League was barred from last week\u2019s elections, as the BNP and its allies secured a two-thirds majority of 212 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 300-seat parliament, elections for three seats were postponed, while 50 additional seats reserved for women will be allotted to parties on the basis of their voting percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 127,6 million people in Bangladesh were eligible to cast ballots last week when the country saw a voter turnout of 59,44%, up from 41,8% in the January 2024 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A concurrent referendum held on constitutional reforms received an overwhelming vote in favor, exceeding 60%. – Anadulo Agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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