Overview
- President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to Tarique Rahman at the Jatiya Sangsad South Plaza, where 25 ministers and 24 state ministers were also sworn in.
- The Bangladesh Election Commission reports a BNP-led alliance majority of 212 seats, establishing Jamaat-e-Islami as the main opposition after it contested separately.
- BNP lawmakers declined a proposed second oath tied to a Constitution Reform Council, while some Jamaat MPs took it, leaving the council’s legal status unresolved.
- India sent Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to the ceremony, and he delivered a personal letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting Rahman to visit India.
- In India’s Assam, former state Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah tendered a resignation then sought time to reconsider as BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma publicly courted him, and Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal joined Raijor Dal ahead of state elections.