Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM for fourth term
Ruling Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Sunday was sworn in as prime minister for the third consecutive term along with her 46 cabinet colleagues.
Opposition candidates, activists preparing to seek bail, extension
Many opposition candidates, mainly of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and activists are now busy preparing for appearance before courts after the December 30 general election, held amidst allegations of massive rigging, stuffing of ballot boxes and capture of polling stations.
AL allies express mixed reaction over not making it to the cabinet
Leaders of Awami League-led alliance on Monday expressed mixed reactions on having no member in the newly formed cabinet as ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers took oath at Bangabhaban on the day.
Hasina swears in as PM for third consecutive term
Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister for third consecutive term on Monday after victory of her party in December 30 parliamentary elections.
Former Venezuela Supreme Court judge flees to US, denounces Maduro
Former Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa has fled to the United States to protest president Nicolas Maduro's second term that will begin with his inauguration this week, the onetime Maduro backer told a Miami broadcaster on Sunday.
Apparel workers block Airport Road
Thousands of apparel workers from factories at Uttara, Abdullahpur, Azampur and the adjacent areas blockaded the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway from Airport to Abdullahpur in the capital for the second consecutive day on Monday to press the demand of wage hike.
Saudi woman says she's being 'held' at Thai airport
A Saudi teenager who was stopped in Bangkok's international airport fleeing what she said was her abusive family is being returned to the Middle East, Thai immigration officials told CNN.
Trump: 'May declare a national emergency' to build wall
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he might declare a national emergency imminently to secure money for his border wall.
New faces in, old faces out
Ruling Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a move to start anew has picked 31 new faces as her cabinet colleagues in her third consecutive term, dropping most of the seniors.
Ministers dropped from Bangladesh cabinet
Most of senior leaders of the Awami League and its allies, who were in the outgoing cabinet, were dropped from the new cabinet scheduled for today to be sworn in.
