Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co‑operatives, yesterday said rebuilding the nation through democratic values is the main challenge facing the new government.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday declared that stabilising law and order and strictly controlling corruption are the top priorities of his government.

The new finance minister, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, may have arrived in office with a long list of priorities -- fiscal reform, banking stability, and negotiations with international lenders.

A landslide victory often feels like a coronation. Streets erupt, social media lights up, and the mandate seems unassailable.

Bangladesh has just staged a rare democratic exercise: a parliamentary election and a referendum on constitutional reform on the same day.

The 13th Parliament will have to go into its maiden session within 30 days of the oath-taking of the newly elected MPs, according to the Constitution.

After taking the oath of office yesterday, several ministers said that economic reforms, improvement of law and order, and good governance would be among the top priorities of the new government.

For the first time since independence, a third member of the same political family has taken the country’s helm, with Tarique Rahman having become Bangladesh’s first male prime minister in 35 years.

Bangladesh passed multiple tests of its democratic credentials through the 13th parliamentary election on February 12.

President Shahabuddin administered them oaths

The list includes 23 members of parliament and two technocrats among the ministers

Newly elected MPs pledge not to take duty-free cars or government plots

The vehicles will be sent to the new ministers as per instructions, officials concerned said

Decision came from its first parliamentary party meeting

The lawmakers, however, didn't take oath as members of the Constitution Reform Council

The arduous struggle for the restoration of democracy reaches its final step this afternoon, as an elected government prepares to take oath following the swearing‑in of newly elected lawmakers this morning.

Intense lobbying has gripped the bureaucracy and police, with officials scrambling for coveted postings as the contours of a new BNP-led government begin to take shape.

The election came after years of severe distrust in the electoral process, questions over legitimacy, and institutional strain, so the poll’s successful conduct has reinforced trust in the process as well as the principle that governments derive authority from the consent of the governed.

The new prime minister will decide on his official residence as the interim government has not finalised it so far, said Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan yesterday.

Twelve young lawmakers are set to join the national parliament formed in the wake of the July mass uprising, with their oath-taking scheduled for this morning at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.