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Bangladesh army chief says hoping to swear in new govt on Thursday

DHAKA (AFP): Bangladesh army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said Wednesday that a new interim government was likely to be sworn in on Thursday evening after Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus returned to the country.

“We are trying our best to hold the oath-taking ceremony tomorrow,” the general said in a televised briefing. “We might do it at around 8:00 pm (1400 GMT). Around 400 hundred people will likely be present.”

The Frontier Post

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