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SNAGSAD BHABAN, March 12, 2026 (BSS) - President Mohammed Shahabuddin today administered the oath to the newly elected speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, of Bhola-3 Constituency.

Newly elected Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed was a six-term lawmaker, previously served as the Liberation War Affairs Minister from which he resigned before taking this position.

At the beginning of a new parliamentary session, the oath-taking ceremony was typically held at the office room of the President at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban at about noon. 

Subsequently, the President also administered the oath to Barrister Kaiser Kamal, a lawmaker from Netrokona-1 constituency (Kalamkanda-Durgapur) as the Deputy Speaker of the 13th parliament. 

Earlier, he had been serving as the state minister for the Ministry of Land and was elected from in the 13th national parliamentary election as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Leader of the House and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman with his some senior cabinet colleagues and secretaries concerned were present on the occasion.

Later, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker also signed their respective oath the office and secrecy as well.