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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