Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has been named Leader of the Opposition in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.
Cumilla-11 Chouddagram lawmaker and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher will serve as deputy opposition leader.
National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam has been appointed opposition chief whip, while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan will act as opposition whip.
The decisions were taken at a parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday after the oath-taking of members of parliament, party sources said.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General and Chief of Central Publicity and Media Department Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair told UNB that a joint press release from the 11-party alliance would be issued to formally announce the appointments.
Earlier in the day, Jamaat lawmakers took oath around 12:30pm, followed by members from the National Citizen Party.
Members of the 11-party alliance also took oath to the proposed Constitutional Reform Council alongside their parliamentary oath.
