37-member council of ministers gets portfolios

The 37-member council of ministers including the prime minister, twenty-five ministers and 11 state ministers of the government got portfolios this evening, half an hour after they took oath at Bangabhaban.

The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard, reports BSS.

"In accordance with Rule 3(IV) of Rules of Business 1996, the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh distributed following charges of different ministries/divisions to the prime minister, ministers and state ministers," said the notification issued a day after the cabinet secretary announced the names of the council of ministers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been given the charge of Cabinet Division, Defence Ministry, Armed Forces Division, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, Cultural Affairs Ministry and Labour and Employment Ministry.

AKM Mozammel Haque has been given the charge of Liberation War Affairs Ministry, Obaidul Quader of Road Transport And Bridges, Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali of Finance, Anisul Huq of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun of Industries, Asaduzzaman Khan of Home Affairs, Md Tazul Islam of LGRD and Cooperatives, Muhammad Faruk Khan of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Mohammad Hasan Mahmud of Foreign Affairs, Dr Dipu Moni of Social Welfare, Sadhan Chandra Majumder of Food, Abdus Salam of Planning, Md Faridul Haque Khan of Religious Affairs, RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury of Housing and Public Works, Narayan Chandra Chanda of Land, Jahangir Kabir Nanak of Textiles and Jute, Md Abdur Rahman of Fisheries and Livestock, Md Abdus Shahid of Agriculture, Architect Yeafesh Osman (technocrat) of Science and Technology, Dr. Samanta Lal Sen (technocrat) of Health and Family Welfare, Md Zillul Hakim of Railways, Farhad Hossain of Public Administration, Nazmul Hasan of Youth and Sports, Saber Hossain Chowdhury of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, and Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury of Education Ministry.

Nasrul Hamid became state minister for Power Division, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury became state minister for Shipping, Zunaid Ahmed Palak for Posts, Telecommunications and ICT, Zaheed Farooque for Water resources, Simeen Hussain (Rimi) for Women and Children Affairs, Kujendra Lal Tripura for CHT Affairs, Md Mohibbur Rahman for Disaster management and Relief, Mohammad Ali Arafat for Information and Broadcasting, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury for Expatriates welfare and Overseas Employment, Rumana Ali for Primary and Mass education and Ahsanul Islam (Titu) for Commerce Ministry.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered oath to ministers and state ministers at Bangabhaban at 7 pm on Thursday.

The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification to this end is given below: