Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Tarique Rahman was elected leader of the parliamentary party of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday, party officials said.
The decision, a formality, was taken at a meeting of newly elected BNP lawmakers held at the parliamentary party room after 11:30 am, shortly after they were sworn in as members of parliament. His oath-taking as Prime Minister and that of 23 MPs and two technocrats who will serve in his cabinet are slated for later this evening.
Their oath was administered earlier in the morning at the South Plaza of the Bangladesh National Parliament by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, in line with constitutional provisions that assign the responsibility to the election chief in the absence...