Lawmakers pledged allegiance to Bangladesh as hundreds of people gathered outside Dhaka’s parliament grounds.
Published On 17 Feb 2026
Prime Minster Tarique Rahman has been sworn into office, days after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept the first vote since the 2024 student-led uprising that expelled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of prime minister of the government in accordance with the law,” he said on Tuesday, sworn in by President Mohammed Shahabuddin, in a televised ceremony held outside the parliament building…