Tarique becomes PM
Forty-nine members of the new cabinet, including ministers and state ministers, have also been sworn in.
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as the prime minister of Bangladesh.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban today (17 February).
Forty-nine members of the new cabinet, including ministers and state ministers, have also been sworn in.
Tarique's cabinet includes several new and old faces.
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The ministers of the new cabinet are: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Hafizuddin Ahmed, AZM Zahid, Khalilur Rahman (technocrat), Abdul Awal Mintoo, Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, Mizanur Rahman Minu, Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Zahir Uddin Swapan, Aminur Rashid Yasin (technocrat), Afroza Khanam Rita, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee, Asadul Habib Dulu, Asaduzzaman Asad, Zakaria Taher, Dipen Dewan, Ehsanul Haque Milon, Sardar Shakhawat Hossain Bakul, Fokir Mahbub Anam and Sheikh Robiul Alam.
The state ministers of the new cabinet are: Rashiduzzaman Millat, Anind Islam Amit, Shariful Alam, Shama Obaed Islam, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Kaiser Kamal, Farhad Hossain Azad, Aminul Haque (technocrat), Md Helal Uddin, Habibur Rashid, Rajib Ahsan, Md Abdul Bari, Mir Shahe Alam, Zonayed Saki, Ishraque Hossain, Farzana Sharmin, Faridul Islam, Nurul Haque Nur, Yeasir Khan Chowdhury, M Iqbal Hossain, MA Muhit, Ahammed Sohel Manjur, Boby Hajjaj and Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam.
Tarique, the eldest son of former president Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, returned home to a hero's welcome on 25 December last year after nearly 18 years in exile in the United Kingdom.
Within less than two months, he steered his party to victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election on 12 February. The BNP secured an absolute majority by winning 209 seats.
Jamaat-e-Islami, the BNP's former ally, won 68 seats and is set to sit in the opposition, while the remaining seats were won by other parties and independent candidates.
Earlier today, the newly elected members of parliament were sworn in by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the Oath Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, marking the start of the new parliamentary term.
