Representatives from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Malaysia, and Brunei have been invited to the oath-taking ceremony.
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Foreign Minister Balananda Sharma is set to depart for Dhaka today to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairman Tariq Rahman, who won two-thirds of the seats in the recently concluded elections in Bangladesh, is set to take oath as Prime Minister on Tuesday. Representatives from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Malaysia, and Brunei have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony.
The Foreign Minister's visit reflects Nepal's commitment to further strengthening the relations between Nepal and Bangladesh and deepening the ties of mutual cooperation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement today.
Foreign Minister Sharma will be accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is scheduled to return home on Falgun 20.
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the South Plaza of the National Parliament of Bangladesh. In the past, the oath-taking ceremony used to be held at the Durbar Hall in Banga Bhavan. It is also the residence of the president.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 299 seats in the 297 seats that were counted in the 299-seat election held on Thursday. The court had ordered that the counting of votes in the remaining two seats not be held immediately. The election has been postponed due to the death of a candidate in one of the 300 direct seats.
There are a total of 350 seats in Bangladesh's ethnic parliament. Of these, 50 seats are reserved for women. Representatives are elected proportionally based on the votes received by the parties in direct elections.
