The Ministry of Housing and Public Works has drawn up plans for a “world-class” official residence for the incoming prime minister, but with the project still at the planning stage, BNP leader Tarique Rahman is likely to move temporarily into the state guest house Jamuna after renovation, officials said.

According to a senior official of the Public Works Department, Jamuna will require about a month to be fully prepared. Until then, Tarique Rahman—set to take oath as prime minister on Tuesday—will remain at his current residence.

After returning home from 17 years in exile on December 25, 2025, Tarique Rahman moved into a house at 196 Gulshan Avenue. His party secured a landslide victory in the 13th national parliamentary elections. The swearing-in ceremony of the new government will be held at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Tuesday afternoon.

Public Works Department Chief Engineer Khalekuzzaman Chowdhury said the renovation of Jamuna could be completed within a month, adding that arrangements would ultimately be made wherever the prime minister directs. “No specific instruction has been received yet,” he noted.

He said preparatory work is currently underway to ready residences and offices for ministers, while necessary arrangements have also been made at the Secretariat.

At present, Jamuna is occupied by interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, who moved into the building after assuming office on August 8, 2024. Previously, caretaker government chief advisers Justice Habibur Rahman (1996), Latifur Rahman (2001) and Fakhruddin Ahmed (2008) also resided at Jamuna during their respective tenures.

After assuming office in 2009, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina chose Ganabhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar as her official residence. The building was attacked and looted on August 5, the day her government fell. The interim government later converted it into the ‘July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum’.

Former prime minister Khaleda Zia lived at House No. 6 on Mainul Road in Dhaka Cantonment during her tenure, but was later evicted and moved to a rented house in Gulshan.

Even before the formation of the new government, the Ministry of Housing and Public Works initiated plans to construct new residences for the prime minister and ministers. A committee formed for the purpose initially shortlisted two sites in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar—the Speaker and Deputy Speaker’s residences near the parliament complex, and the Defence Ministry area.

Eventually, officials indicated that a site behind the old Ganabhaban, within the Defence Ministry zone, is now being considered for the new prime ministerial residence. “A fresh project is being prepared,” the chief engineer said. “The final decision will be taken after the honourable prime minister reviews it. We aim to build a residence of international—indeed, superior—standards.”

He added that the final location has yet to be fixed, and the area behind the July Museum remains under consideration, with the ultimate decision resting with the prime minister.