Hasina to drop several Bangladesh ministers

Several ministers of the outgoing Bangladesh government are expected to be dropped for their poor performance or corruption when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina forms her new cabinet on Sunday, officials said today.
Earlier today, 66-year-old Awami League chief Hasina was unanimously elected as leader of the AL Parliamentary Party.
The new cabinet will be sworn in by President Abdul Hamid on the same day, the officials said.
The new cabinet will have 30 members but Hasina is likely to drop several ministers of the outgoing government who have been accused of poor performance or corruption, the mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper quoting its sources as saying.

Veteran politicians with a good image will be inducted in view of the "critical political situation", cabinet division officials were quoted as saying.
The officials were tight-lipped about the ministers who are likely to be dropped, saying the premier had not discussed the matter with others and would make the final decision in this regard.
The Awami League clinched a landslide victory in the parliamentary election on January 5 by bagging 231 seats in the face of a boycott of the polls by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance.