The brand new members of the Parliament of Bangladesh will probably be sworn in at 10 a.m. on February 17, 2026, the Election Fee of Bangladesh has introduced
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The brand new members of the Parliament of Bangladesh will probably be sworn in at 10 a.m. Tuesday (February 17, 2026), the Election Fee of Bangladesh has introduced including {that a} “Structure Reform Fee” may even be administered oath. This occasion will probably be adopted by the formation of the federal government within the afternoon when the Cupboard led by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will probably be sworn in. Round 1,200 native and international friends will take part within the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh Nationalist Get together’s Chairman Rahman and his cupboard on Tuesday (February 17) afternoon, the media wing of the BNP has introduced.
The announcement of swearing-in of each MPs alongside members of “Structure Reform Fee” has stunned many newly elected MPs. Chatting with The Hindu, a newly elected MP mentioned that the EC of Bangladesh had not knowledgeable the MPs in regards to the swearing-in of the Structure Reform Fee. Acccording to a model, your entire parliament will work as a “Structure Reform Fee” for 180 days as an final result of the referendum that acquired majority ‘sure’ vote on February 12 and in consequence all MPs will probably be sworn in because the member of the Structure Reform Fee as effectively. There’s evident unease inside the newly elected MPs particularly from the BNP, in regards to the course of through which the duties of the Structure Reform Fee and the parliamentary duties of MPs will unfold.
Amongst those that have confirmed to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the incoming authorities are Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla and Pakistan’s Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal. The international minister of the interim authorities of Nepal Bala Nanda Sharma, and Sri Lanka’s well being minister Nalinda Jayatissa may even attend the occasion. A number of different nations together with Qatar, Malaysia and Brunei will ship excessive stage delegates to the swearing in ceremony.
Seema Malhotra, Indo-Pacific Below Secretary of the UK will symbolize the UK on the occasion and the President of the Maldives Mohamed Muizzu is predicted to attend as effectively. Aside from that heads of a number of diplomatic missions based mostly in Dhaka may even attend the occasion that will probably be held within the premises of Bangladesh’s parliament – Jatiyo Sansad.
The swearing-in ceremony of the BNP authorities will mark the tip of the interim authorities led by Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus that had taken cost after the autumn of the Awami League authorities led by Sheikh Hasina. Prof. Yunus delivered a farewell speech on the Chief Adviser’s Workplace Monday night. The Chief Adviser had taken cost on August 8, 2024 and he presided over the past assembly of the Advisory Council on Monday.
“The election was not only a course of to handover energy. It was the election that marked the start of latest Bangladesh,” mentioned Prof. Yunus in a speech delivered within the night on state-owned BTV saying that the police in Bangladesh now not tortures widespread folks.
“We’ve to make sure that by no means once more fascism raises its head in our nation. That’s the reason interim authorities prioritised institutional reforms,” mentioned Prof Yunus additional. One of many main initiatives of the interim authorities was the drafting ofhte July Constitution that was adopted by a big spectrum of political events on October 17, 2017. The Nationwide Citizen Get together which is within the opposition as a part of the 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami had not signed the Constitution earlier, nevertheless, the get together signed the July Constitution on Monday night. “Interim authorities’s largest work is the July Constitution. Folks have vastly supported the July Constitution within the referendum. I name upon all political events to make sure that the July Constitution is adopted,” mentioned Prof. Yunus.
Printed – February 16, 2026 10:16 pm IST