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Ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers take oath

| Updated: January 08, 2019 09:59:13


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Ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers of new cabinet took oath on Monday following Awami League's massive victory in the 11th national election.

24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers took at a ceremony at Bangabhaban.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina also took oath as Prime Minister for the 3rd consecutive term.

President Abdul Hamid administered the oath to the Prime Minister at 3:40 pm while to ministers at 3:46 pm, to state ministers at 3:53 pm and to deputy ministers at 3:57 pm at Bangabhaban, reports UNB.

Through the oath taking of new ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers, the country gets a cabinet with all members from the AL after 1973 while Sheikh Hasina became the Prime Minister for the record fourth time.

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 ministers

The 24 ministers are AKM Mozammel Huq (Liberation War Affairs), Obaidul Quader (Road Transport and Bridges), Md Abdur Razzaque (Agriculture), Asaduzzaman Khan (Home Affair),Mohammad Hasan Mahmud (Information), Anisul Huq (Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs), AHM Mustafa Kamal (Finance), Md Tajul Islam (Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives), Dr Dipu Moni (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), Md Shahab 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 state ministers

The 19 state ministers are Kamal 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 Zakir Hossain (Primary and Mass Education), Md Shahriar Alam (Foreign Affairs), Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Information and Communication Technology Division), Farhad Hossain (Public Administration), Shawpan Bhattacharjee (LGRD and Cooperatives), Jahid Faruk (Water Resources), Md Murad Hasan (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 deputy ministers

The three deputy ministers are Begum Habibun Nahar (Environment, Forest and Climate Change), AKM Enamul Haque Shamim (Water Resources) and Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Education).

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