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ISLAMABAD: Tarique Rahman, chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and prime minister-elect, took the <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/bangladesh-pmelect-tarique-rahman-lawmakers-sworn-into-parliament" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">oath</a> of office Tuesday during a ceremony at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, the parliament complex. According to the state broadcaster Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), newly elected members of parliament began taking their oaths at 10 am local time, followed by Rahman and his cabinet being sworn in at 4 pm by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. This ceremony ushers in Bangladesh&rsquo;s first male prime minister in more than three decades. Leaders from 13 countries received invitations, including China, Pakistan and several Gulf nations. Pakistan&rsquo;s Planning Minister&nbsp;Ahsan Iqbal attended the ceremony, along with Bhutan&rsquo;s Prime Minister, Sri Lanka&rsquo;s health minister and Britain&rsquo;s Indo-Pacific undersecretary.&nbsp; Rahman&rsquo;s rise follows the BNP&rsquo;s landslide victory in the Feb. 12&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/younger-bangladesh-voters-primed-for-first-posthasina-election" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">general election</a>, capturing 209 of 297 seats. The vote marked the country&rsquo;s first national election since the July 2024 uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman took the oath of office in Dhaka on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha)

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He took oath at Dhaka parliament complex, making him the first male PM in over three decades after his party's landslide victory in the general election. 

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