DHAKA, Oct 5: Khaleda Zia will be sworn in as Bangladesh’s prime minister on Monday (Oct 8), officials said, as election authorities brushed aside demands from the defeated Awami League to hold a new ballot.
President Shahabuddin Ahmed will administer the oath to Begum Zia and her cabinet members at the Bangabhaban presidential palace, one day after parliament is sworn in, a palace spokesman said.
Foreign diplomats have already begun congratulating Khaleda Zia and offering to cooperate with her new government.
The Awami League of defeated prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has lodged angry protests over the vote, which they claim was rigged. The party has pledged to boycott the new parliament and has called for fresh polls, a demand rejected by election authorities.—AFP
