By Xinhua,
Dhaka : Newly elected members of Bangladesh’s 9th Parliament will be sworn in on Saturday and Sunday, an announcement of the parliament secretariat said on Friday.
Speaker Jamiruddin Sircar will administer the oath to the newly elected MPs on the two days at the parliament building.
In Dec. 29 Parliament polls, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League won a landslide victory bagging 230 seats out of 299 seats. Her rival immediate past prime minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party won only 29 seats.
There are 300 seats in the Parliament. The election for one seat will be held on Jan. 12 due to the death of one candidate.
After taking oath, newly elected MPs from Awami League are expected to sit on Jan. 5 to elect Sheikh Hasina as the Leader of the House (parliament). New cabinet headed by Hasina is also expected to be sworn in by President Iajuddin Ahmed either on January 5 or 6.