Bangladesh
Cabinet 25 ministers, 11 state ministers in new cabinet
Dhaka, Jan 11: The new cabinet is being formed with 37 members. Apart from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, there are 25 ministers and 11 state ministers in this cabinet. Meanwhile, the Cabinet Department has published the list of 36 members of the new cabinet. However, the offices (ministries) of ministers and state ministers have not been distributed yet.
Those who are taking oath as Ministers are: Liberation War Affairs Minister of the current Cabinet AKM Mozammel Haque (Gazipur-1), Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader (Noakhali-5), Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Narsingdi-4), Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan (Dhaka- 12), Education Minister Dipu Moni (Chandpur-3), Local Government Minister Md. Tajul Islam (Comilla-9), Law Minister Anisul Huq (Brahmanbaria-4), Information and Broadcasting Minister Mohammad Hasan Mahmud (Chittagong-7), Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar (Naogaon-1), Minister of State for Public Administration Farhad Hossain (Meherpur-1), Minister of State for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan (Jamalpur-2), Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Chittagong-9) and Minister of Science and Technology Architect Yafes Osman (Technocrat) will take oath as ministers in the new cabinet.
Among the parliamentarians who are not in the current cabinet are: Muhammad Farooq Khan (Gopalganj-1), Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali (Dinajpur-4), Md. Abdus Shahid (Moulvibazar-4), RM Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury (Brahmanbaria-3), Md. Abdur Rahman (Faridpur-1), Narayan Chandra Chand (Khulna-5), Abdus Salam (Mymensingh-9), Md. Zillul Hakim (Rajbari-2), Saber Hossain Chowdhury (Dhaka-9), Jahangir Kabir Nanak (Dhaka-13) and Nazmul Hasan (Kishorganj-6). Samanta Lal Sen is goining to be a minister in the technocrat quota.
Those taking oath as State Ministers: Current Cabinet Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid (Dhaka-3), State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak (Nator-3), State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Dinajpur-2), State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Farooq (Barisal-5) The state minister is also in the new cabinet.
Members of parliament who are not in the current cabinet include Simin Hossain (Rimi) (Gazipur-4), Mohammad Ali Arafat (Dhaka-17), Mohibbur Rahman (Patuakhali-4), Kujendra Lal Tripura (Khagrachari), Rumana Ali (Gazipur-3). ), Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury (Sylhet-2) and Ahsanul Islam (Titu) (Tangail-6) will be sworn in as state ministers of the new cabinet in the evening.
According to Article 56 of the Constitution, the Cabinet consists of a Prime Minister and there will be Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers at the wish of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister and other Ministers, State Ministers and Deputy Ministers are appointed by the President.
