Cabinet members take oath

Cabinet members of the new government, formed by the Awami League, has taken the oath of office at the Bangabhaban.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin is administering the oath to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her new colleagues.

Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday unveiled the names of the council of ministers. Other than the prime minister, there will be 25 ministers and 11 state ministers.

The 25 ministers are: AKM Mozammel Haque, Obaidul Quader, Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Dr Dipu Moni, Tajul Islam, Farooq Khan, Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, Advocate Anisul Haq, Dr Hasan Mahmud, Abdus Shaheed, Sadhan Chandra Majumder, RAM Ubaidul Mokhtadir Chowdhury, Abdur Rahman, Narayan Chandra Chanda, Abdus Salam, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, Farhad Hossain, Faridul Haque Khan, Zillul Hakim, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Nazmul Hasan Papon, Yeafesh Osman, and Dr Samanta Lal Sen.

The 11 state ministers are: Mohammad A Arafat, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Nasrul Hamid, Simeen Hossain (Rimi), Rumana Ali, Ahsanul Islam (Titu), Shafikur Rahman Chowdhury, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Zahid Farooq, Kujendra Lal Tripura, and Mohibbur Rahman.

Of them, Yeafesh Osman and Dr Samants Lal Sen will take oath as technocrat ministers.