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.
"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."
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