'3 new ministers, one state minister taking oath'

Secretariat Correspondent: Three new ministers and one state minister are going to take oath today, just a year left the parliament will go on general election.

President Abdul Hamid would administer the oath of office at the Bangabhaban on Tuesday evening.

Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam confirmed the news to the reporters at Secretariat on Tuesday afternoon.

He, however, denied disclosing names of the new ministers during his briefing.

It has been learnt that the new minister will take oath at Bangabhaban around 6:00pm. All preparations have already been taken in this regard as well as sending cars for the new ministers.

After the oath, cabinet division will issue a gazette distributing offices for the ministers.

According to sources, AKM Shahgahan Kamal, lawmaker from Laxmipur-3, Keramat Ali, a four-time MP and the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on government assurances, and Narayon Chandra Chanda, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock, might be made full ministers.

Mustafa Jabbar, president of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services, best known for being the creator of software Bijoy, would be included in the cabinet, the sources said.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/January 2, 2018/Asad/Naymuddin/A K Azad