Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- Tarique Rahman has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister, days after his party swept the first vote since the 2024 student-led uprising that expelled the then-leader, 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 in the capital, Dhaka.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured more than a two-thirds majority in last week's elections.

Earlier, inside the Parliament's oath room, lawmakers pledged loyalty to Bangladesh as they were sworn in by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin.

Foreign dign...