Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sworn in for 4th straight term

DHAKA -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for her fourth straight five-year term on Thursday.

Hasina took the oath of office after her ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party won a landslide victory in the country's 12th parliament elections held on Jan 7.

Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin also swore in 25 cabinet ministers and 11 ministers of state at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Dhaka.

Earlier on Wednesday, Shahabuddin appointed Hasina, leader of the ruling AL party, as the new prime minister of the South Asian country.

According to gazette notification published by the Election Commission on Tuesday afternoon, the AL party won 222 out of 298 seats of the parliament in Sunday's general elections.