BNP Lawmakers Sworn In: Bangladesh Parliament Sees New Faces After Crucial Elections

• Newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers took their oath six days after the general elections.
• BNP secured 209 out of 297 seats, while Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats in the 13th Parliamentary elections.
• Awami League was barred from contesting polls following a student-led 'July Uprising' that toppled Sheikh Hasina's government.
• Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasirudin administered the oath in the absence of the outgoing Speaker.
• BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to become the next Prime Minister, with the party declining the second oath for the 'Constitution Reform Council'.