This is the polls time govt: Cabinet secy

Senior Correspondent: The present cabinet division is the election-time government and it has started its work after the announcement of the schedule for the 11^th parliamentary election.

Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said this while briefing reporters after the regular cabinet meeting in the secretariat on Monday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting which was also attended by the four technocrat ministers who have recently resigned from their posts.

“The present cabinet division is working as the election-time government and it has started its work from the time when the schedule for the national election was declared,” Shafiul Alam told the journalists.

Asked whether there will be any reshuffle in the cabinet, he said, “No, there is no such news. I will inform you (journalists) later if any.”


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