Bogura is set to regain ministerial representation after nearly 35 years, as Mir Shahe Alam, the BNP-nominated candidate from Bogura-02 (Shibganj), is expected to take oath this afternoon as State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives in the newly formed government. Earlier in the morning, he was sworn in as a Member of Parliament.

Mir Shahe Alam serves as the vice-president of the Bogura District BNP and president of the Shibganj Upazila BNP. He previously held the position of chairman of the Shibganj Upazila Parishad. Local sources confirmed that his appointment ends a long-standing absence of ministerial posts from the district.

The last minister from Bogura was Advocate Mojibur Rahman, who became State Minister for Finance following the 1991 election. Since then, residents of Bogura had not seen any ministerial appointment, a matter that had long been a source of disappointment for them, according to local BNP leaders.