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Hasina 'won't bow down to any pressure'

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she would not bow down to any pressure at home or from abroad.
"Sheikh Hasina does not give in to any pressure whether it is internal or external. The country is ours ... We will continue the work that needs to be done for the people."
Hasina was talking to the media after she was sworn in as PM for the third time at the Bangabhaban.
Speaking to journalists after the oath-taking ceremony, LORD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said the new government had assumed power for a five-year term in line with the constitution.
Ashraf, also general secretary of the ruling Awami League, said the next election would be held when there would be a consensus between the ruling alliance and the BNP. "But the BNP must cut ties with the Jarnaat and militants, and shun violence."
Hasina, also president of the AL, said her government wanted to work together with the opposition.
On the formation of a unique cabinet that includes lawmakers from the opposition bench, she said, "A similar government based on a consensus was formed in 1996. We want co-operation from all."
In response to a query, she said the government could hold dialogue with the BNP only if it severed ties with the Jamaat-e-Islami and shunned violence.
LORD Minister Ashraf said, "Of course, we have assumed office for five years. You please go through the constitution and see what is there."
Asked whether the international community endorsed the new government, he said, "Have we asked them to recognise us? It is for the people of Bangladesh to decide."
The AL spokesperson said the PM had left out of the cabinet those who had failed to perform their duties properly.
Replying to a query, he said Bangladesh was no longer a "bottomless basket".
Sheikh Rehana, younger sister of Hasina, also talked to reporters at the Bangabhaban.
Terming Hasina a person of integrity and determination, she said, "Honesty makes a person courageous, and my sister is such a personality."
Wishing her elder sister every success as the PM, Rehana said, "Sheikh Hasina is my elder sister and guardian. 1 hope she will move ahead with the devotion and determination she has shown over the years."
Quamrul Islam, who has been made food minister, told reporters that a major challenge for the new government would be to establish peace by rooting out terrorism in the country'.
"People don't want anything but peace. And it will be our job to establish peace," he said.
President Abdul Hamid entered the Darbar Hall at the Bangabhaban at 3:30pm, minutes after Hasina had reached the venue.
The oath-taking began at 3:35pm and the president administered oath to the PM and then to the ministers, and state and deputy ministers.
Cabinet Secretary Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan conducted the ceremony.
Around a thousand guests, including judges, diplomats, civil society members, bureaucrats, politicians, journalists, and educationists, were present there.
BNP Chief Khaleda Zia was invited to the oathtaking ceremony but she didn't show up.