President invites Hasina to form govt

President Md Abdul Hamid has invited Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form a new government.

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The President extended the invitation after Hasina went to meet him at the Bangabhaban on Thursday after taking oath as an MP and getting elected as the Leader of the House.
Ihsanul Karim, Press Secretary to the President, told reporters: "She (Hasina) requested the President to start the process of forming the 10th Parliament.
"The President invited the Prime Minister to form a [new] government."
Earlier in the day, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered oath to the newly elected MPs. Hasina took oath in the morning with the other MPs. Her party later elected her as the Leader of the House.

Asked if the Prime Minister had handed over any list of proposed Cabinet members, Karim said they did not have any such information.

The President is expected to administer the oath of office to the new Cabinet members at the Bangabhaban on Sunday.

The Awami League-led alliance is set to form the government for the second consecutive term seven days after the general elections.

Hasina is going to be the Prime Minister for the third time. Her party bagged 231 out of 300 parliamentary seats in Sunday's polls boycotted by the BNP and its allies.