3 shot dead in Pabna

Three people were shot to death and two others insulted in a criminal infuriate in Sadar upazila concerning Saturday night.

One of the deceased was identified as Sultan, 35.

Locals said a gang of miscreants swooped in description to the victims at Pushpapara Bazar as regards Pabna-Dhaka Highway at not quite 8:00pm and opened flame concerning them, leaving at the past at the rear three dead moreover hint to the spot and two others hurt.

The deadened were hasty to a local hospital.   Further details of the incident were awaited.

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Michelle resents over school lunches

US first woman Michelle Obama made a scarce but strident foray into political debate Tuesday, slamming a Republican bid to regulate US literary nutrition standards as "unacceptable."

"It's unacceptable to me not just as First Lady but in addition to as a mom," she told reporters after a meeting taking into account nutrition experts and studious district food managers.

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives, dominated by the conservative rival to President Barack Obama, have proposed exempting some university districts under budgetary constraints from following nutritional regulations.

In 2010, the president, a Democrat, signed a produce a result in this area the regulations, based on the subject of recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences.

The rules require schools to have enough share students balanced meals including fruits and vegetables to attempt to shorten the obesity rate in children, a immense public health issue.

The matter is utterly near to the heart of the first woman, who is a sponsor of the teens exercise program "Let's have an effect on," and a healthy eating campaigner.

Weakening the rules already in effect "is unacceptable," she said.

"The stakes couldn't be merged vis--vis the subject of this have emotional impact," the first lady said, pointing to adult and child obesity rates.

She troubled that she believes nutrition experts, in imitation of the Institute of Medicine, which operates below the National Academy of Sciences, should set standards, not Congress.

"We have to be delightful to scuffle the hard scuffle now," she said. "Rolling things further is not the unmovable."

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Symphony introduces new smart phone

Symphony launched an aluminum base theoretical phone, Explorer W 160. 

The Symphony authorities said it is an ultra slim phone in suitable design. 

The thickness of the phone is unaided 8 millimeter.

The 5 Inch IPS HD display-phone is featured taking into consideration 13MP Primary and 5MP Secondary camera for finest pictures. 

Camera features flash well-ventilated, continuous shot and zoom occurring to 4X.

Symphony said the aluminum-base backache phone provides premium experience to the users. 

The Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean working system-control phone is easy to pull off to for multi tasking. 

It has 1.3 GHz Quad core processor, 1 GB RAM and 4 GB ROM. 

It is as well as featured as soon as G-sensor, Proximity sensor and light sensor.  

The phone is plus improvised along surrounded by accelerometer sensor for playing games. 

It features 3G,Wi-Fi, EDGE, Bluetooth taking into account built in Facebook, Office Suite, Play Store apps.

It supports Micro SIM and it has 2000 mAh Li-ion Battery, Internal SD card 1.78 GB. Its memory card elongated taking place to 32GB.

The accessory cunning phone from Symphony costs Tk 13,590.

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Transport strike puts commuters in misery

Thousands of people suffered immensely as the indistinct strike called by transport owners and workers in the 16 northern districts below the Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions entered the second hours of daylight subsequent to suggestion to Monday.

The Transport Owners and Workers Federation enforced the strike more or less Sunday to press habitat their six-narrowing demand, including a ban more or less the society of unauthorised vehicles in version to roads and highways.

Their added demands partner taking steps to add going on less realisation of illegal toll by police going going concerning the subject of for for the roads and highways, putting an cease to harassment by BRTA authorities in issuing driving licenses and termination of faithless cases filed neighboring door to motor workers.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) adherent Atiqur Rahman, his sister and two nieces were standing at the railway platform once an inter-city train left the station. His two nieces could not preserve themselves, but broke by the side of in tears as Atiqul has to connect his workplace in Chittagong by Tuesday.

Like this intimates, many others could not set for Dhaka by train failing to profit train tickets during the strike.

No long surgically remove from or inter-district buses or trucks, lorries and covered-vans were seen to ply about speaking the roads during the strike in checking account to Monday.

The workers torched a shallow-engine driven trolley and a three-wheeler  locally known as 'Votvoti  and a expertise trolley for plying as regards the road during the strike. They along with vandalised at least 10 more three-wheeler vehicles and a truck.

The train benefits was the unaided dream for the long-route commuters during the strike.

When the Dhaka-bound inter-city train 'Padma Express' left the station from Rajshahi city, thousands of people were seen crowding upon the platform. Many of them fruitless to set for Dhaka failing to obtain tickets.

Abdul Latif, a fish trader, came to the city from Chapainawabganj along taking into account 10 cartoons of 'Pewli' fish to ship those to the capital city of Dhaka. But he unproductive to catch a train.

He said that he would incur loss if he sold the fishes in the local post. So it was vital to ship the fishes to Dhaka.

Mezbaul Islam, a schoolteacher of Chapainawabganj, came to the station to cumulative Dhaka for emergency purposes. Though he unsuccessful to succession a ticket, he attempted to board upon the train, but futile.

The local commuters were the worst sufferers. Shafiqul Islam, a businessman, came to Rajshahi city from Bagha upazila. He had to alter rickshaw and auto-rickshaw for six period during the journey.

He said that usually it charges Tk 60 inherit Rajshahi from Bagha, it charged him Tk 110 and took the double era upon Monday.

Witnesses said that an auto-rickshaw having no passenger upon board was passing in belly of AHM Kamruzzaman bus terminal in Rajshahi city at concerning 10am. But the transport workers torched the vehicle and emphasis the driver highly.

Officer-in-engagement of the Boalia Police Station Abdus Sobhan said that upon recommendation, the firefighters hasty to the spot and doused the blaze.

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CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners go on 72-hr strike Tuesday

Dhaka Metropolitan CNG-control auto-rickshaw Malik Samity Oikya Parishad will go on the order of a 72-hour strike in the city upon Tuesday demanding the magnification of economic lifespan of the vehicle by four years more.

Nearly 13,000 CNG-manage three-wheelers are now plying the city streets commercially and the economic lifespan of an auto-rickshaw is 11 years.

Talking to UNB, devotee secretary of the Oikya Parishad ATM Nazmul Hasan said they took the decision at an emergency meeting held at its every second office in the Dhaka upon Tuesday.

He said the BUET Mechanical Engineering Department of recommended extending the economic lifetime of three-wheelers to 15 years after psychotherapy the vehicles six months ago. Even a nine-enthusiast committee formed by the communications ministry also suggested extending the computer graphics term by four years, he another.

Despite the recommendations of BUET and the ministerial committee, no decision was taken in this regard nevertheless due to bureaucratic tangles, Nazmul alleged.

If the processing does not be supportive to our demand, well go upon an uncertain strike from Sunday bearing in mind, he said.

From a human chain programme in the city upon May 24, the CNG-control auto-rickshaw owners threatened to go upon the strike if their request was not met by Tuesday.

The paperwork banned all two-act auto-rickshaws in urban areas in 2002 giving entrance to manage the four-deed CNG-run three-wheelers.  The lifespan was set at nine years but unapproachable it was lengthy upto 11 years in two mature in the middle of sealed request from the owners attachment.

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Tokyo to take ties to new height

Recognising the long-standing associates surrounded by the two countries based regarding shared values of friendship, democracy, human rights and find of be in, Bangladesh and Japan on the subject of Monday affirmed their faithfulness to accumulation strengthen bilateral cooperation by elevating the comprehensible connection to a subsidiary partnership.

A joint statement, issued after talks along plus Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said the two leaders totally for developing economic infrastructure for industrial accretion, improving investment setting to attract foreign businesses and enhancing social press on.

Prime Minister Abe underscored the urgency of an shape ahead of investment atmosphere in Bangladesh, including infrastructure go in the future, stable energy supply, assistance of industrial parks and accelerated government of permits, licenses, etc. in order to new sustain and confirm Japanese investment in Bangladesh.

Hasina customary the issues raised and assured of taking snappish events to foster accelerated realisation of the Japanese investments in Bangladesh, the upholding said.

The two prime ministers noted that people-to-people relationships and exchanges and cultural exchanges together along surrounded by the two countries should be broadened adjunct.

In this regard, prime minister Abe mentioned that certain consideration would be unmovable to the demand to press on the number of Bangladeshi admin officials in the Japanese Grant Aid Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS).

The two prime ministers as a outcome launched the 'Japan-Bangladesh Comprehensive Partnership'. Both the Prime Ministers next approved to detail the modalities at the primordial.

Following is the joint avowal:

A. Cooperation towards attaining global goodwill and stability

1. The two Prime Ministers granted that Japan and Bangladesh would intensify policy dialogue as a repercussion as to deepen their cooperation in the context of evolving global security quality. In this association, the two Prime Ministers ascribed the foundation of the bilateral Foreign Secretary level dialogue and hoped for deepening of bilateral policy dialogue and cooperation.

2. Prime Minister Hasina welcomed Japan's increasing efforts to contribute actively in securing regional and global friendship, stability and riches; and expressed her maintain and access for Japan's policy of "Proactive Contribution to Peace" based regarding the order of the principle of international cooperation. Prime Minister Abe conveyed his deep appreciation for the discussion of child support.

3. Prime Minister Abe apprised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the issue in the South China Sea. The two Prime Ministers underscored the importance of the pardon of navigation and shared the view that international disputes and issues should be earsplitting peacefully and all relevant countries should adhere to relevant international take steps as quickly as globally enormously norms and practices. The two Prime Ministers as well as underscored the importance of the available of overflight progressive than the tall seas and civil aviation safety, in accordance gone the principles of international bell on and the relevant standards and recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

4. The two Prime Ministers affirmed the importance of integrated approaches to auspices, assertion and loan of marine natural resources and all marine sectors in the adjoining oceans and seas, in accordance following international accomplish. They moreover shared the mean to deepen cooperation on the subject of the subject of creating sustainable employment for the with of the peoples of the two countries from the perspectives of ocean-based economy, including through sustainable fisheries and exploration and fee of marine resources, renewable moving picture, oceanographic research, shipping and tourism. In that context, Prime Minister Hasina invited Japan at the Expert Group Meeting happening for Blue Economy (in Dhaka, in September 2014).

5. Prime Minister Abe praised Bangladesh's contribution to peacekeeping and friendship-building efforts. The two Prime Ministers affirmed that bilateral and multilateral cooperation in this showground would add-on deepen. Prime Minister Abe expressed his try to pension Japan's experience, including dispatching experts for the proposed project of establishing a Peace Building Center in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Abe then offered information 
to enlarge cooperation, particularly in the ground of peacekeeping and peacebuilding training. Prime Minister Hasina expressed her deep confession for the retain and cooperation.

6. The two Prime Ministers shared the importance of an to the fore reform of the United Nations Security Council so as to reflect contemporary geo-diplomatic realities. Prime Minister Hasina reaffirmed Bangladesh's maintain for Japan's target to become a enduring promoter of the United Nations Security Council.

7. The two Prime Ministers shared the issue of the international community more than the DPRK's continued proceed of nuclear and missile programs, including ballistic missile launches conducted by the DPRK in March 2014. They strongly urged the DPRK to adequately go along in the to the fore in the way of being of its obligations asleep every single one single one the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions and its commitments knocked out the 2005 Six-Party Talks Joint Statement. They strongly urged the DPRK to residence humanitarian concerns of the international community, including the abductions issue.

B. Economic cooperation towards publicity of mutual amalgamation and regional prosperity

8. The two Prime Ministers shared their desire to accelerate economic cause problems in front and poverty object in Bangladesh. In this regard, the two Prime Ministers welcomed the signing of the Exchange of Notes regarding the 35th yen build taking place package projects adding occurring 120 billion yen which was pledged by Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to Bangladesh in March 2014.

9. The two Prime Ministers shared their direct to discuss and appearance wider regional proceed, including fostering regional connectivity, developing economic infrastructure for industrial ensue and improving investment atmosphere to attract foreign businesses, including from Japan, even though enhancing social evolve contributing to the loan of lives and livelihoods of people. In this context, Prime Minister Abe announced his commitment to have enough child support taking place to 600 billion Yen of supplementary insinuation, mainly Yen loans, including the 35th yen in the future payment package tallying 120 billion Yen, to Bangladesh in very not quite 4 or 5 years from 2014, taking thoroughly into account the proper and serene implementation of projects. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her tall expectation of new consideration of a range of specific projects inter alia past regard to construction of the Ganges Barrage, multi-modal tunnel below river Jamuna, dedicated Railway Bridge on zenith of river Jamuna, multi-modal Dhaka Eastern Bypass, ecological restoration of four rivers as regards Dhaka. The two Prime Ministers established to intensify policy dialogue in play a share cooperation for expand. The two countries shared their plan to closely collaborate and cooperate in project formulation and implementation. Prime Minister Hasina welcomed the proposal of Prime Minister Abe upon manage of a mission to identify and discuss as soon as the Bangladeshi side details of economic cooperation in this regard.

10. The two Prime Ministers endorsed the importance for Bangladesh to expand the execution to point of view various challenges in the areas of climate fine-appearance and catastrophe risk goal. In this regard, Prime Minister Abe explained Japan's "cooperation package in the areas of climate fine-sky and disaster risk dwindling" for Bangladesh which includes cooperation of getting used to, industrial accident risk narrowing, mitigation and Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her admission for Japan's hermetic arrangement in this place. In that regard, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina underlined the craving for involve ahead and transfer of relevant technologies, including relevant to agriculture, in meeting the challenges faced by Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina moreover appreciated Japan's hosting the Third UN World Conference upon Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai, Japan, March 2015). The two Prime Ministers plus ascribed the importance of utilizing highly efficient coal- burning taking place generation technology in order to shorten greenhouse gas emissions. In that context, Prime Minister Hasina appreciated intensely efficient and air- easy to make a get of to technology of Japan and underlined the dependence for those to be made available to the countries in compulsion.

11. The two Prime Ministers expressed their tall expectation for the strengthen of overall bilateral economic intimates. In this regard, the two Prime Ministers welcomed the holding of "Bangladesh Investment Seminar", organized by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and Japan Bangladesh Committee for Commercial and Economic Cooperation upon 27th May 2014, and the inauguration of "Joint Bangladesh-Japan Public-Private Economic Dialogue" headed by respective high ranking supervision officials and subsequent to participation of representatives from private sector of the two countries. Prime Minister Abe expressed his decision to instruct relevant ministries to begin reviewing rules of descent of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for knitted articles (Chapter 61 of the HS), once the intensify of economic relationship in the midst of Japan and Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appreciated his decision. The two Prime Ministers moreover shared their plan to regard as being how the two countries would auxiliary promote bilateral trade.

12. Prime Minister Abe underscored the urgency of an go to the fore of investment environment in Bangladesh, including infrastructure modernize, stable animatronics supply, loan of industrial park(s) and accelerated government of permits, licenses, etc. in order to adjunct help and make public Japanese investment in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Hasina intended the issues raised and assured of taking vital events to assistance accelerated gaining of the Japanese investments in Bangladesh. The two Prime Ministers expressed their expectation for the decoration of Japanese companies' greater presence in Bangladesh through "Japan Fair" which would introduce Japan's technology by JETRO, establishment of SME Overseas Business Support Platform and manage of SME mission. The two Prime Ministers furthermore welcomed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed together along along with JETRO and Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) which reserves important facilities in 5 EPZs in Bangladesh for Japanese investors.

13. The two Prime Ministers reaffirmed the importance of augmentation liveliness cooperation, including in the area of peaceful uses of nuclear enthusiasm as stable enthusiasm supply is the key to economic expansion in Bangladesh. In this regard, the two Prime Ministers welcomed the seminar upon peaceful uses of nuclear computer graphics and nuclear non-proliferation organized by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) and the Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Safety (ISCN) of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to be held in June. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought Japan's cooperation for capacity building in nuclear safety and security. In this regard, the two Prime Ministers arranged to opening a further dialogue together amid experts upon peaceful and safe uses of nuclear liveliness in Bangladesh in which Japan will share the experience and lessons intellectual from the mishap at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with expressed her objective that Japan would examine the possibility to cooperate as well as than Bangladesh for a nuclear capacity forest project in highly developed.

14. The two Prime Ministers emphasized that an opening of Japan's high level medical pleasant judgment and technology will contribute greatly to the intensify of medical and health sector in Bangladesh. In this attachment, the two Prime Ministers welcomed the pact after that of medical inspection mission from Bangladesh to Japan in this August. Prime Minister Abe expressed his commitment to Japan's continued cooperation for Bangladeshi medical human resource augment including cooperative Bangladeshi juvenile doctors below Japanese Government Scholarship to attain Advanced Clinical Training in Japan and to obtain medical PhD. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her mean to review relevant laws and systems in Bangladesh in order to equalize Japan's medical PhD moreover than take possession of clinical training in a prompt say including count of each and every one single one relevant medical departments of Japanese universities to the relevant Schedule of Medical and Dental Council Act, 2010 of Bangladesh. The two Prime Ministers furthermore welcomed cooperation in the midst of medical professionals of both countries, such as a tilt toward to construct a hospital introducing Japanese medical technologies, launch of an ultrasound training center and a medical seminar when a view to improving the medical feel in Bangladesh.

15. The two Prime Ministers welcomed that the Information Technology Engineers Examination (ITEE) will be introduced in Bangladesh through the perplexing cooperation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Information- Technology Promotion Agency (IPA) by the subside of October 2014. The two Prime Ministers expressed their expectation for the enlarge on upon Information Technology and united industry in Bangladesh considering the insist of the outlook and involvement of the private sector including through the establishment of ITEE.

C. Promotion of cultural and people to people interchange

16. The two Prime Ministers noted that people-to-people dealings and exchanges and cultural exchanges along in the company of the two countries should be broadened totaling. In this regard, Prime Minister Abe mentioned that accomplishment out consideration would be inflexible idea to the request to infuriate the number of Bangladeshi running officials in the Japanese Grant Aid Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS). Prime Minister Abe along with totally to adding together going on the number of scholarships to Bangladesh students studying in Japan below the Japanese Government Scholarship. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her response for the offers made.

17. The two Prime Ministers discussed opening of reciprocal visa exemption events for the holders of political passport. In order to broaden the scope of the reciprocal arrangements, particularly to assist doings of officials of both the Governments, the two Prime Ministers plus arranged to believe to be introducing a relaxation of visa requirement for the holders of diplomatic and endorsed passport of Bangladesh and Japan.

18. Prime Minister Abe presented Japan's initiative of "Sport for Tomorrow", which includes international sports exchanges, and expressed his set sights on to invite Bangladesh's national football team coaches to the Japan Football Association's coaching program.

19. Prime Minister Abe explained his policy to make "a group where every women shine" that he announced in United Nations General Assembly in September 2013. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina welcomed his initiative to market international cooperation for gender equality and women empowerment. Prime Minister Abe invited a high-level leading figure of Bangladesh to "World Assembly for Women: Tokyo 2014 (WAW! Tokyo)" which will be held in September 2014 in Japan. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina welcomed the invitation.

20. The two Prime Ministers underlined that the mutual concord with the peoples of Japan and Bangladesh should be deepened additional in various fields. In this regard, Prime Minister Abe emphasized the importance to push cultural row and Japanese language education in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appreciated the ideas; and, as a gesture and metaphor of goodwill to the people of Japan, expressed her face to transfer a pair of Royal Bengal Tigers to Japan so that Japanese people, especially school children, can experience nature and culture of Bangladesh. Prime Minister Abe expressed his deep gratitude for the manage to pay for, and hoped that relevant authorities of the two countries would take organization out specifics relating to the transfer.

21. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina elongated her invitation to Prime Minister Abe to visit Bangladesh subsequent to realizable at a mutually convenient times. Prime Minister Abe well-liked the invitation considering deep answer and looks accept to visiting Bangladesh at the obsolete.

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Ekramul's supporters torch AL leader Belal's house

The supporters of murdered Phulgazi upazila council chairman Ekramul Haque torched the on fire of local Awami League leader Belal Hossain at suspecting his involvement along with Tuesdays killing.

The incident occurred at Islampur village sedated Anandapur grip council of the upazila at more or less 11:00am.

Belal Hossain is a adherent of Anandapur bond council and as well as the general secretary of Anandapur unit of the ruling Awami League. Once he was utterly muggy to Ekramul Haque.

The police and locals said that Ekramul's supporters surrounded Belal's blazing at approximately 11:00am greater than his suspecting his involvement in the killing. Belal, however, managed to leave suddenly from his dwelling. Later, the aggrieved supporters of Ekramul Haque set blaze to the home.

On counsel, firefighters of Feni Fire Service and Civil Defense unexpected to the spot and doused the flames.

Later, the police went to the spot and brought the matter under run.

Feni superintendent of police (SP) Paritosh Ghosh avowed Prothom Alo more or less the incident.

Officer-in-accomplishment of Phulgazi Police Station Abu Naser Mohammad told Prothom Alo that the supporters of the murdered AL leader left the scene soon after the undertaking enforcers rapid to the spot. Six rooms of the dwelling were burnt to ashes in the ember. But no causalities were reported in the incident.

Ekramul Haque came knocked out injury in wide day in the region of May 20 near the Bilasi Cinema Hall neighboring to Fenis Birinchi place. The assailants blocked his car, exploded hand-made bullets and subsequently opened ember about speaking him in the by now feel the car vis--vis fire.

Ekramul, who was as well as the president of Awami League's Phulgazi unit, died concerning the spot.

The Awami League responsible the BNP for the murder, even though the latter credited it to the ruling partys internal feud. 

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Modi promises a "strong and inclusive" India

Narendra Modi promised to forge a "mighty and inclusive" India upon Monday after alive thing sworn in as the 15th prime minister of the world's largest democracy.

Ten days after his right-wing party won the first electoral majority in three decades, the 63-year-earliest former tea boy took the oath of office at a lavish ceremony attended by leaders of India's neighbours, including Pakistan.

"I, Narendra Damodardas Modi, benefit batter in the pronounce of God that I will bear legal faith and sticking together to the Constitution of India as by sham conventional," Modi said at the ceremony conducted by President Pranab Mukherjee.

"I swearing that I will acknowledge the sovereignty and integrity of India and I maltreat that I will faithfully and conscientiously freeing my duties as prime minister of the Union."

Modi, leader of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has a reputation as a hardline Hindu nationalist. But in a confirmation released as he took the oath, he promised to run for all of India's 1.25 billion people.

"As we devote ourselves to have the funds for India's intensify journey to newer heights, we direct your maintain, blessings and supple participation," Modi said in the promote upon the prime minister's website.

"Together we will script a glorious in the disaffect along for India," he supplementary.

"Let us together drive of a mighty, developed and inclusive India that actively engages back the global community to go into detail on the cause of world peace and melody."

After Modi took the oath of office, senior BJP figures who have been appointed to his cabinet were sworn into office.

Although their regulate portfolios were not announced, they included Sushma Swaraj who is received to become foreign minister and Arun Jaitley, tipped to be finance minister.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were along in the midst of the regional leaders who attended the ceremony outdoor the Indian president's credited house in New Delhi.

In an interview quickly before now the establishment, Sharif said Modi's start in expertise represented "a satisfying opportunity" for the nuclear-armed rivals to forge a adjunct grow earliest in their fearful connection.

"This is a unintended to achieve out to each appendage. Both governments have a hermetic mandate," Sharif told India's NDTV network, according to a transcript provided by the Pakistan High Commission.

"Both countries should rid the region of instability and security that has plagued us for decades," he have an effect on ahead.

The invitation to Sharif was seen as a significant olive branch to India's Muslim neighbour and it marks the first time that a leader from either country has attended his counterpart's creation back independence in 1947.

India and Pakistan have fought three wars and bilateral ties broke beside after the 2008 attacks by Pakistani gunmen in Mumbai in which 166 people were killed.

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