Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Bangladesh interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.
Yunus was sworn in as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government on August 8 night, three days after Sheikh Hasina resigned from the position of Prime Minister and left the country amid widespread unrest.
Seventeen members of Bangladesh’s interim government took their oath at a ceremony in Dhaka on Thursday, Bangladesh-based daily, Dhaka Tribune reported. Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus, 84, was sworn in as the country’s chief advisor.