Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh prime minister


Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid (left) swears in Sheikh Hasina Wajed (right) for her third term as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 12, 2014. -AFP

DHAKA: Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for a third spell as Bangladesh's prime minister on Sunday after a deadly general election boycotted by the opposition amid an ongoing political crisis.

President Abdul Hamid led the oath at the presidential palace in the capital Dhaka in a ceremony broadcast live on television channels, one week after the polls which were condemned by the opposition as a farce.

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