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Prime Minister Tarique set to spend first day in office at Secretariat

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has decided to spend his first day at work at the administrative nerve centre Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday. After being sworn in as the 11th pri... Read More


Fakhrul calls on Tarique for fresh start in the face of 'huge challenges'

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) return to power, led by Tarique Rahman, marks a new chapter, but the road ahead is daunting. Ministers say the government faces crises in ne... Read More


Jamaat's Shafiqur named opposition leader, NCP leader Nahid named chief whip

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has been nominated as the Leader of the Opposition in parliament. The party's Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has been appointed as ... Read More


Nahid questions Yunus' ex-advisor Khalilur's inclusion in Tarique's government

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has called into question the appointment of Khalilur Rahman in the BNP-led cabinet. Khalilur previously served as the national secu... Read More


Modi invites new Bangladesh premier Tarique, family to visit India

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Bangladesh's newly installed Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has received a personal invitation from his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to visit India with his family, according to t... Read More


Top party figures made advisors with ministerial ranks

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has appointed Mirza Abbas, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and eight others as advisors with ministerial and state ministerial ranks. Alongside Abbas and Rizvi, Advi... Read More


Newly elected MPs stream into parliament for oath ceremony

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Newly elected lawmakers have begun arriving at the parliament complex ahead of their swearing-in as members of the 13th national parliament. Vehicles carrying BNP MPs started enteri... Read More


Tarique's cabinet: A strategic mix of trusted veterans and new faces

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- After leading his party to a landslide, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tarique Rahman has assembled a 50-member cabinet combining a striking number of new faces alongside s... Read More


After 35 years, newly elected MPs take oath from chief election commissioner

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- For the first time in 35 years, the newly elected members of parliament have taken their oath from the chief election commissioner. With the speaker absent, the deputy speaker in de... Read More


Yunus congratulates new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Outgoing Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has congratulated newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Yunus congratulated the BNP chairman after he was sworn in as the country's 11th... Read More