Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for New Delhi on Saturday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive term.
鈥楾he prime minister will leave Dhaka for New Delhi at 11:00am on Saturday and will return home at noon on June 10 after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi,鈥� PM鈥檚 speech writer M Nazrul Islam said.
Earlier on Wednesday, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi invited his Bangladeshi counterpart to attend the swearing-in ceremony of his government during a conversation over the telephone. Sheikh Hasina accepted the invitation.
Modi is likely to take oath on June 9 as the BJP-led NDA won 293 seats while the opposition INDIA bloc secured 234 seats in the 18th Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, the swearing-in ceremony was scheduled to be held on June 8.