President appoints seven new state ministers

Seven more state ministers are joining the cabinet. The Cabinet Department has issued a gazette notification on Friday appointing seven new Ministers of State.

New members of the cabinet are - Shahiduzzaman Sarker from Naogaon-1, Abdul Wadud Dara from Rajshahi-5, Nazrul Islam Chowdhury from Chattogram-14.

Besides, four other MPs, who are to be inducted in the cabinet, are from the reserved seat for women. They are – Rokeya Sultana, Begum Shamsun Naher, Waseqa Ayesha Khan and Naheed Ezaher Khan.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has appointed seven more state ministers for the cabinet who are set to take oath.

A gazette notification, signed by Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, was issued in this regard this afternoon.

With the new seven members, the cabinet members will have 44 members.