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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


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


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


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


Next generation ministers follow fathers' footsteps into parliament

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- A new generation has stepped into government as seven state ministers in the BNP-led cabinet follow in the footsteps of their fathers. The 49-member cabinet sworn in on Tuesday incl... Read More


China PM Li Qiang hails Tarique's inauguration, promises to elevate ties with Bangladesh

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang has sent a congratulatory message to Bangladesh's newly sworn-in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka ... Read More


Shamsad Mortuza appointed ULAB vice-chancellor

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Prof Shamsad Mortuza has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). The Secondary and Higher Education Division of the education ministry is... Read More


Tarique blends veterans from Khaleda's governments with new faces in cabinet

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has returned to power after two decades, forming a cabinet that prominently features veterans from his mot... Read More