Gazette notification issued appointing new ministers, state ministers
The Cabinet Division on Thursday issued a gazette notification appointing 25 new ministers and 11 state ministers.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed them according to Clause (2) of Section 56 of the Constitution, said the notification.
The new ministers and state ministers are scheduled to take oath at Bangabhaban at 7 pm.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Cabinet Division published the list of the ministers and state ministers of the 36-member new cabinet but respective offices were not distributed to them.
Current Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Education Minister Dipu Moni, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam, Law Minister Anisul Huq, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan, Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, Science and Technology Minister Yeafesh Osman (technocrat), State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury and State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk were included in the new cabinet.
New faces in the cabinet are Muhammad Faruk Khan, Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, Md Abdus Shahid, RAM Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury, Md Abdur Rahman, Narayan Chandra Chand, Abdus Salam, Md Zillul Hakim, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Zahangir Kabir Nanak, Nazmul Hasan, Samnta Lal Sen, Simin Hossain (Rimi), Mohammad Ali Arafat, Md Mohibur Rahman, Kujendra Lal Tripura, Rumana Ali, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury and Ahsanul Islam.
On Sunday (January 7), the 12th parliamentary election was held. In the polls, the ruling Awami League won an absolute majority by winning in 222 constituencies.
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