Dhaka, Jan. 11 -- In what is being seen as a fresh start for her new government after a massive election victory, Sheikh Hasina has dropped 30 members of her outgoing cabinet from the new one.

They include 15 full ministers, 13 state ministers, and two deputy ministers. Three of these state ministers were already culled from the list of the Awami League's nominees to run in the general election, and three others lost their reelection bids.

Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain unveiled the new 37-strong cabinet on Wednesday after President Mohammed Shahabuddin asked her to continue in the prime ministerial role by forming a new government following the ruling party's landslide in the Jan 7 vote.

For a fresh start, Hasina has picked 25 mi...