India, Feb. 15 -- Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin is expected to administer the oath of office to the new cabinet of BNP chairman Tarique Rahman within the next four days, officials said on Saturday. Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday secured a sweeping victory with more than a two-thirds majority in the landmark parliamentary elections held on Thursday.

The BNP leader is set to become the prime minister, replacing the interim Government chief Muhammad Yunus. "In line with the Constitution, the president will administer the oath at Bangabhaban (presidential palace)," Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid said without giving any specific date for the oath ceremony.

But a senior BNP policymaking leader, prefer...