Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to attend Tarique Rahman’s swearing in ceremony in Bangladesh: Report

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to attend Tarique Rahman’s swearing in ceremony in Bangladesh: Report
February 15, 2026

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will attend the swearing in ceremony of Tarique Rahman, Bangladesh Prime Minister-elect and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief, in Dhaka on February 17 (Tuesday), reported news agency ANI quoting sources. He will be accompanied by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

The development comes after Bangladesh extended an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend Rahman’s oath-taking ceremony. According to the BNP, several other leaders from the region have also been invited for the ceremony, which will be organised in Dhaka on February 17. The party said it has send invitations to China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Brunei, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, and Bhutan.

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