Tarique Rahman was sworn in as Bangladesh's new prime minister, after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party won two-thirds of the seats at a general election, the first since Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power in 2024. The Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami took 68 seats in the 300-member parliament, its most ever. Mr Rahman, the son of a former prime minister, now faces the task of restoring economic credibility and political stability. Voters also backed a series of constitutional reforms in a referendum held the same day as the election.
