Cabinet Division announces portfolios of interim govt

The Cabinet Division has distributed portfolios among the members of the interim government.

Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus will head 27 ministries and divisions, a notification issued by the Public Administration Ministry said on Friday.

The ministries and divisions that Dr Yunus will lead are: Cabinet Division, Defence Ministry, Armed Forces Division, Education Ministry, Road, Transport and Bridges Ministry, Food Ministry, Housing and Public Works Ministry, Land Ministry, Textiles and Jute Ministry, Agriculture Ministry, Science and Technology Ministry, Railways Ministry, Public Administration Ministry, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, Shipping Ministry, Water Resources Ministry, Women and Children Affairs Ministry, Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry, Commerce Ministry, Labour and Employment Ministry, Cultural Affairs Ministry, Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, Civil Aviation, Liberation War Affairs Ministry, Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry and Primary and Mass Education Ministry.

The portfolios of the advisers to the interim government are as follows:

Salehuddin Ahmed, Finance Ministry and Planning Ministry, Dr Asif Nazrul, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, Adilur Rahman Khan, Industries Ministry, Hasan Ariff, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Environment Forest and Climate Change Ministry, Sharmin Murshid, Social Welfare Ministry, Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain, Home Ministry, Dr AFM Khalid Hossain, Religious Affairs Ministry, Farida Akhter, Fisheries and Livestock Ministry, Nurjahan Begum, Health and Family Welfare Ministry, Md Nahid Islam, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry, Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, Youth and Sports Ministry.

Source: BSS