{"id":55078,"date":"2019-01-07T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T10:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55078"},"modified":"2019-01-07T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T10:01:55","slug":"sheikh-hasina-to-be-sworn-in-as-bangladesh-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sheikh-hasina-to-be-sworn-in-as-bangladesh-pm","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh Hasina to be sworn in as Bangladesh PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"55083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sheikh-hasina-to-be-sworn-in-as-bangladesh-pm\/sheikh-hasina\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sheikh hasina\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55083\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sheikh-hasina.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Sheikh Hasina will be sworn in as Bangladesh&#8217;s prime minister for a record fourth term on Monday after her Awami League&#8217;s landslide victory in the December 30 election.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina&#8217;s ruling alliance won more than 90 per cent of the seats contested in the election, which was marred by accusations of ballot stuffing, voter intimidation and violence.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina, 71, and her ruling Awami League party have dismissed the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, she was chosen as the leader of the House for the fourth time.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh&#8217;s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is termed by many as the country&#8217;s iron lady.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh on Sunday named a council of ministers with several new faces in the 47-member Cabinet of Prime Minister Hasina.<\/p>\n<p>Several veterans were dropped from the council of ministers amid speculation about the inductions as major portfolios like defence were retained by Hasina herself.<\/p>\n<p>The Jatiya Party, a key partner in the Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Hasina, on Friday decided to occupy the opposition benches in Parliament after the main opposition BNP led by ex-premier Khaleda Zia rejected the results of the general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Hasina will be sworn in as Bangladesh&#8217;s prime minister for a record fourth term on Monday after her Awami League&#8217;s landslide victory in the December 30 election. 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