New cabinet members sworn in

Secretariat Correspondent: The new ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers have been sworn-in to the cabinet of the 11^th parliament. There are 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers in the 47-member cabinet including the prime minister. The new government stated its journey through their oath-taking today.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took oath as Prime Minister of the country for the 3rd consecutive term along with her 46 cabinet members following her party’s massive victory in the 11^th parliamentary election held on December 30, 2018.

President Abdul Hamid administered the oath to the Prime Minister at 3:39 pm while to 24 ministers at 3:46 pm, to 19 state ministers at 3:53 pm and to three deputy ministers at 3:57 pm at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban.

Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam conducted the oath-taking ceremony.

The official gazette over the new cabinet will be published anytime soon.

With the publication of the gazette, the outgoing cabinet will be abolished, the cabinet secretary earlier said.

On Thursday, President Abdul Hamid invited Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form the new government.

PM’s Portfolios

According to the list of the cabinet members, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will keep the portfolios for Cabinet Division, Ministry of Public Administration, Ministry of Defence, Armed Forces Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.

24 new ministers

The 24 wound be ministers are AKM Mozammel Huq (Liberation War Affairs), Obaidul Quader (Road Transport and Bridges), MdAbdur Razzaque (Agriculture), Asaduzzaman Khan (Home Affair),Mohammad Hasan Mahmud (Information), AnisulHuq (Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs), AHM Mustafa Kamal (Finance), Md Tajul Islam (Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives), DrDipuMoni (Education), AK Abdul Momen (Foreign Affairs), MA Mannan (Planning), Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Industries), Golam Dastagir Gazi (Textiles and Jute), Zahid Maleque (Health and Family Welfare), Sadhan Chandra Majumder (Food), Tipu Munshi (Commerce), Nuruzzaman Ahmed (Social Welfare), SM Rezaul Karim (Housing and Public Works), MdShahab Uddin (Environment, Forest and Climate Change), BirBahadur Ushwe Sing (Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs), Saifuzzaman Chowdhury (Land), MdNurul Islam Sujan (Railways), Yeafesh Osman (Science and Technology-Technocrat), and Mustafa Jabbar (Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology-Technocrat).

19 new ministers

The 19 would-be state ministers areKamal Ahmed Majumder (Education), Imran Ahmad (Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment), Md Zahid Ahsan Russel(Youth and Sports), Nasrul Hamid (Power, Energy and Mineral Resources), Md Ashraf Ali Khan Kashru (Fisheries and Livestock), Begum Monnuzan Sufian (Labour and Employment), Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Shipping), Md ZakirHossain (Primary and Mass Education), Md ShahriarAlam (Foreign Affairs), Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Information and Communication Technology Division), FarhadHossain (Public Administration), ShawpanBhattacharjee (LGRD and Cooperatives), JahidFaruk (Water Resources), Md MuradHasan (Health and Family Welfare), Sharif Ahmed (Social Welfare), KM Khalid (Cultural Affairs), Md Enamur Rahaman (Disaster Management and Relief),Md Mahbub Ali (Civil Aviation and Tourism) and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (Religious Affairs-Technocrat).

3 new deputy ministers

The three would-be deputy ministers are Begum HabibunNahar (Environment, Forest and Climate Change), AKM EnamulHaqueShamim (Water Resources) and Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Education).


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