Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shall be sworn in for a fifth time period on Thursday after a landslide victory in an election boycotted by the opposition.
Hasina’s ruling Awami League get together gained almost three-quarters of elected seats in parliament, with allied events and pleasant impartial candidates making up almost all the rest.
The vote was criticized by the United States and the United Nations following a crackdown late final yr that noticed 1000’s of opposition get together members arrested.
Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain mentioned Hasina and her ministry would take their oaths of workplace at 7:00 pm native time (1300 GMT).
Around 15 ministers from the earlier cupboard have been dropped however most senior ministers retained their positions, names circulated by the cupboard workplace confirmed.
Career diplomat AK Abdul Momen was dropped as overseas minister after serving since 2019.
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, who has been ailing for a lot of the previous 5 years, was additionally moved on, with one other former overseas minister set to exchange him.
Hasina is slated to retain the important thing protection and vitality portfolios.
She has presided over breakneck financial development in Bangladesh — as soon as beset by grinding poverty — however her authorities has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless crackdown on dissent.
Dozens of opposition events boycotted Sunday’s election, which they described as a “sham” designed to entrench Hasina in energy.
Turnout within the ballot was a meager 41.8 p.c, simply over half the determine within the earlier vote in 2018.
Regional powers China and India however congratulated Hasina after her victory, vowing to proceed cooperation with the South Asian nation of 170 million folks.