PM Congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their election as the next president and vice president of the United States of America.

Biden, 77, defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States in a heated election held last week. As the first black woman to become vice president, his running mate, Kamala Harris, made history.

Biden has positioned himself as a leader who "seeks not to divide but to unify" a nation stricken by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.

"I sought this office to restore the soul of America and to make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home," said Biden in a prime-time victory speech not far from his Delaware home, reports AP.