"Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as Bangladesh's 11th prime minister with his 49-member cabinet, five days after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to power in the first elections since a 2024 student-led uprising. Among the cabinet members are Nurul Haque Nur and Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki (popularly known as Zonayed Saki), first-time parliamentarians who were prominent in the uprising that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina."
"Nur, who comes from a lower middle class family in the remote district of Patuakhali in southern Bangladesh was elected as a member of parliament in the elections on Thursday. The 34-year-old won his constituency as a BNP-backed candidate of the Gono Odhikar Parishad party. He first gained national prominence as a student leader from the University of Dhaka during the antiquota movement in 2018, leading demonstrations against Hasina's Awami League government."
Tarique Rahman took office as Bangladesh's 11th prime minister and named a 49-member cabinet five days after his BNP victory in the first elections since the 2024 student-led uprising. The cabinet includes Nurul Haque Nur and Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki, both first-time MPs who rose to prominence during the uprising that helped remove former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Nur won as a BNP-backed Gono Odhikar Parishad candidate and previously led the 2018 anti-quota student movement. Saki is a well-known left-leaning leader. Rahman returned from 17 years of self-imposed exile in London and took the oath of office.
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