New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman will take oath as Bangladesh's new Prime Minister at 4 pm on Tuesday, February 17 ---days after his party secured a landslide win against Jamaat-e-Islami in the Bangladesh Elections.

Rahman's BNP bagged 209 out of 297 seats, while right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami secured 68 seats in the 13th Parliamentary elections. Deposed premier Sheikh Hasina's Awami League was barred from contesting polls.

Rahman would become the prime minister for the first time. He will replace the interim government chief Muhammad Yunus, under whose tenure Dhaka's relations with New Delhi witnessed a significant downturn.

Yunus took charge in August 2024 after the collapse of Hasina's Awa...