{"id":101208,"date":"2026-02-17T15:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=101208"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:38:41","slug":"tariq-rahman-sworn-in-as-bangladeshs-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/tariq-rahman-sworn-in-as-bangladeshs-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariq Rahman sworn in as Bangladesh\u2019s Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA: Bangladesh&#8217;s newly elected Prime Minister Tariq Rahman took the oath on Tuesday, the first male to hold the top post in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony of the new government was held in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/dhaka-karachi-direct-flights-resume-after-14-years\/\">Dhaka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin administered the oath of office to Tariq Rahman at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal attended the swearing-in ceremony on behalf of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, BNP members of parliament unanimously elected Tariq Rahman as the Leader of the House and Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The newly elected members of parliament were administered the oath by the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh&#8217;s interim leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus announced his resignation from his post in a farewell address to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>While handing over power to the elected government, he said that the journey of democracy, freedom of expression, and fundamental rights should continue.<\/p>\n<p>The interim government is completing its responsibilities today, and power is being transferred to the newly elected leadership, respecting the decision of the people.<\/p>\n<p>It should be remembered that the BNP won the general elections held last week with a landslide victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA: Bangladesh&#8217;s newly elected Prime Minister Tariq Rahman took the oath on Tuesday, the first male to hold the top post in decades. The swearing-in ceremony of the new government was held in Dhaka. Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin administered the oath of office to Tariq Rahman at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":101210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35844,35783],"class_list":["post-101208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-bangladeshs-prime-minister","tag-tariq-rahman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101215,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101208\/revisions\/101215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}