The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today elected Tarique Rahman as its Leader, setting him up to become the Leader of the House and take the oath as the Prime Minister of the country later in the day. According to local media reports, the BNP established the Parliamentary Party and conducted its inaugural meeting, chaired by Tarique Rahman, after its 208 MPs took their oaths at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban earlier in the day. During the meeting, the Parliamentary Party elected BNP Chairman Tarique as its leader and the only candidate for prime minister.

Meanwhile, the Chief Election Commissioner administered the oath to the newly elected MPs. In the recently held elections, the BNP won 209 parliamentary seats, while the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami secured 68 seats.