DHAKA, Jan 10 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Awami League (AL) party, which clinched a landslide victory in the general elections, will form its new cabinet tomorrow, Jan 11, a senior Cabinet Division official, said yesterday.
He said, Hasina will take oath as the country’s prime minister for the fourth consecutive term tomorrow.
“President Mohammed Shahabuddin will administer the oath to the prime minister and her cabinet colleagues, at a ceremony at 7:00 p.m. (local time) on Jan 11,” said the official.
The official said, the ceremony will be held in the historic Durbar Hall of the Bangabhaban, the presidential palace of Bangladesh, in the capital, Dhaka.
K.M. Abdus Salam, senior secretary of Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat, said earlier in the day, the newly elected members of Bangladesh’s parliament will take the oath of office today.
He said that, Bangladesh’s Parliament Speaker, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, will administer the oath of office to the lawmakers at a ceremony today.
According to gazette notification, published by the Election Commission yesterday afternoon, the AL party led by Hasina won 222 out of 298 seats. The AL-led alliance bagged a landslide win with 225 seats.– NNN-BSS
