# Advisory Council gazetted dissolved as Tarique Rahman takes oath as prime minister Date: 2026 ## The fact On 17 February 2026 Bangladesh’s Cabinet Division gazetted that the Advisory Council of the [Yunus](/people/muhammad-yunus) interim government was dissolved after President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed Tarique Rahman prime minister following the February general election. Yunus had announced the interim was stepping down on 16 February. Tarique Rahman is unresolved and is not minted. The handover is not plus-padding of the 11 August 2024 police-path failure. ## Context [Sheikh Hasina](/people/sheikh-hasina) is unresolved. Jamaat-e-Islami’s opposition seats are neighbouring electoral weather. 16 February farewell; 17 February oath and gazette. Store 17 February as the completing date. Keep Advisory Council gazetted dissolved as Tarique Rahman takes oath as prime minister on 2026-02-17 separate from neighbouring 1 January 2024 labour-court sentence (acquitted 7 August), 8 August 2024 CA oath, 11 August 2024 cabinet minority statement, and 17 February 2026 handover. Bangladesh’s chief adviser in 2024–26 headed an extra-constitutional interim cabinet after Hasina fled. He does not write Indian extradition decisions, ICT judgments as a judge, IMF board minutes, or Grameen’s 1983 ordinance a second time. He did not order the 5 August 2024 attacks that began before his oath. A Nobel lecture is not a gazette. A student protest is not a statute. ## Evidence and sources Cabinet Division of Bangladesh carries the official instrument or communique. Al Jazeera records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is peaceful transfer: a completed extra-constitutional interim ending in an elected party government. ## What is established and what is not Established: A 17 February 2026 gazette dissolving the Advisory Council and a completed prime-ministerial oath, independently recorded. Not established: A unique turnout coefficient, or that the handover rebates 11 August 2024. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. The president appointed the new prime minister. Parliament had been elected. Tarique is unresolved.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Advisory Council gazetted dissolved as Tarique Rahman takes oath as prime minister, not a later speech about Advisory Council gazetted dissolved as Tarique Rahman takes oath as prime minister. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Advisory Council gazetted dissolved as Tarique Rahman takes oath as prime minister on 2026-02-17 is not a licence to treat every later Cabinet Division of Bangladesh communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Advisory Council gazetted dissolved as Tarique Rahman takes oath as prime minister into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He stepped down. The president appointed the new prime minister. Parliament had been elected. Tarique is unresolved. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Muhammad Yunus: https://factrail.ai/people/muhammad-yunus ## Drivers - Yunus interim caretaker (Bangladesh): https://factrail.ai/drivers/yunus-interim-caretaker - Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power ## Sources - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/17/who-are-bangladeshs-new-cabinet-members - https://cabinet.gov.bd/ ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/bd-yunus-handover-2026