Bangladesh Chief Adviser sworn in

By Haroon Habib

DHAKA, JULY 15. Justice Latifur Rahman, the former Chief Justice of Bangladesh, was sworn in as the Chief Adviser of the neutral caretaker government here this evening.

President Mr. Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed administered the oath of office, at a 10-minute ceremony, when the third constitutional interim government took over following the end of the full five- year tenure of the Government led by Sheikh Hasina.

Leaders of the four-party opposition alliance including its chief, Begum Khaleda Zia boycotted the ceremony. They criticised President Shahabuddin Ahmed for allegedly listening to the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, and not them, regarding the timing of the swearing-in of Mr. Latifur Rahman. Begum Khaleda Zia, however, later congratulated Mr. Rahman in a statement, which also said that the four-party alliance had boycotted the ceremony to protest the change in schedule.

Justice Rahman, told mediapersons after being sworn in, that he was determined to hold the election within the constitutional time-frame, - within the next 90 days. His top priority would be to tackle the law and order situation. In violent clashes today between activists of the four-party alliance and the Awami League at least four persons were killed and over 200 seriously injured.

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