Dhaka, June 27 -- Bangladesh's parliament has unanimously passed a motion thanking Prime Minister Tarique Rahman for what lawmakers called an "unprecedented success" on his state visits to Malaysia and China.

The motion was moved on Saturday morning by Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a session presided over by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman, who is also the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, spoke in support before the motion was carried on a voice vote.

Fakhrul told parliament the prime minister had represented Bangladesh just four months into forming a government, after the country had come through nearly 18 years of what he called ...