5 days after the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman, chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering (BNP), was sworn in as the brand new Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
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The swearing-in of the brand new Prime Minister and his ministerial colleagues got here hours after Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M Nasir Uddin administered the oath of parliament to the newly elected members of BNP within the parliament of Bangladesh – Jatiyo Sansad.
Quickly after the swearing-in, Prime Minister Rahman met visiting international dignitaries that included Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who handed over an invite from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to him to go to India.
Tarique Rahman, 60, returned to Bangladesh on December 25, 2025, after multiple and a half many years of exile throughout which he was primarily based within the UK whereas travelling to Europe, the US, and West Asia, constructing worldwide community and mobilising his social gathering to tackle the Sheikh Hasina authorities that was overthrown within the student-people rebellion of July-August 2025.
As the brand new Prime Minister Mr. Rahman will lead a workforce of twenty-five cupboard ministers and twenty-four ministers of state who have been all administered the oath by the President of Bangladesh, Mohammed Shahabuddin.
| 1 | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | Native governance, village improvement and cooperatives |
| 2 | Amir Khosru Mahmud Choudhury | Finance Ministry |
| 3 | Salahuddin Ahmed | Dwelling Ministry |
| 4 | Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku | Power Ministry |
| 5 | Nitai Roy Choudhury | Tradition Ministry |
| 6 | Qazi Shah Mofazzal Hossein Kaikobad | Non secular Affairs Ministry |
| 7 | Mohammed Amir Ur Rashid | Fisheries, Agriculture and Meals Ministry |
| 8 | Dr. Khalilur Rahman | Overseas Minister |
The BNP has introduced that the veteran normal secretary of the social gathering will get the portfolio of native governance, village improvement and cooperatives. Amir Khosru Mahmud Choudhury, one other veteran chief from Chittagong, has been appointed to the Finance Division, Salahuddin Ahmed has been appointed to the Dwelling Ministry, and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, recognized for his cross-party community, would be the subsequent Power Minister. Nitai Roy Choudhury, representing the minority Hindu group within the workforce, might be accountable for the Ministry of Tradition, and Qazi Shah Mofazzal Hossein Kaikobad might be accountable for the Non secular Affairs Ministry.
Whereas many of the ministers sworn in have been elected MPs within the February 12 election, the ministry may even embrace Mohammed Amir Ur Rashid underneath the ‘technocrats’ class, who might be accountable for the essential Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Meals.
BNP’s ally Gonosanghati Andolan’s Jonaid Saki, a preferred face among the many Gen-Z protesters for his radical feedback, might be a State minister as properly.
In continuity from the Interim Authorities, the present Nationwide Safety Adviser Dr. Khalilur Rahman, has been included among the many cupboard ministers as a ‘technocrat’ as properly. BNP sources have confirmed that Dr. Rahman, who’s been the face of Bangladesh’s diplomacy relating to the Rohingya subject, would be the subsequent Overseas Minister of Bangladesh.
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5 essential leaders of the BNP who stored the social gathering afloat in the course of the Sheikh Hasina interval have been appointed advisers with the rank of ministers. That features Mirza Abbas, who defeated Nasiruddin Patowary of the NCP within the essential Dhaka 8 constituency, and Nazrul Islam Khan, who has articulated the BNP’s place usually in troublesome circumstances. Humayun Kabir, who suggested Mr. Rahman on international affairs earlier than the election, has been appointed as an adviser with the rank of a minister of state. Mahdi Amin, spokesperson of the election steering committee of BNP, has additionally turn out to be an adviser with the rank of a minister of state.
Round 1,200 international and home company attended the swearing-in ceremony that occurred within the South Plaza of the parliament. President of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, Pakistan’s Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and Indian Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri have been among the many international dignitaries who attended the swearing-in ceremony. Mr. Birla mentioned in a social media announcement that he has handed over a private letter from Prime Minister Modi to Prime Minister Rahman inviting him to go to India.
The method of switch of energy from the interim authorities led by former Chief Adviser Prof. Mohammed Yunus began earlier this morning when Chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman led the BNP-alliance members to the parliament, the place they have been administered the oath of membership of the parliament by Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M. Nasir Uddin within the Oath Taking Corridor of the parliament.
Earlier than the process, standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed took the microphone and mentioned that the BNP members who have been current on the event within the parliament wouldn’t take the oath for being a part of the “Structure Reform Fee”.
“None of us have been elected as members of the Structure Reform Fee, and the oath for this fee has not but turn out to be a part of the constitutional course of,” mentioned Mr. Ahmed, asserting that he’s conveying the choice of the social gathering relating to the Structure Reform Fee within the presence of Chairman Tarique Rahman.
The oath-taking ceremony was paused after the BNP members have been sworn in, with the members of the opposition bloc not exhibiting up, with stories that the elected members of the Jamaat-e-Islami –led 11-party alliance have been pondering of boycotting the swearing-in ceremony. They, nevertheless, arrived within the parliament accompanied by the newly elected unbiased MPs, the place they have been administered two separate oaths for the parliament in addition to the Structure Reform Fee.
The dual-oath process was conceived to combine the outcomes of the parliamentary election in addition to referendum for in depth constitutional modification by together with the July Constitution into the structure.
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The July Constitution, a doc that was adopted by the interim authorities in session with political events on October 17, 2025, is predicated on suggestions that have been obtained to vary governance in Bangladesh after the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina-led authorities on August 5, 2024.
The BNP has mentioned that, although they’d signed the July Constitution on October 17, 2025, the ultimate textual content of the July Constitution has gone far past what they’d agreed to.
Tarique Rahman is the eldest son of the late President Ziaur Rahman, who led the nation throughout a turbulent time from November 1975 to Could 1981. After the assassination of President Rahman, who had arrange the BNP in 1978, the social gathering was led by his widow Khaleda Zia who led the social gathering to 2 phrases throughout 1991-’96 and 2001-’06. She additionally had a quick stint in March 1996 earlier than resigning. Khaleda Zia handed away days after the return of her son from London. Her funeral on December 31, 2025, witnessed an emotional outpouring by the those who mobilised help for the social gathering.
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