Cabinet expanded: 6 new state ministers inducted

Six State Ministers were inducted in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet yesterday, raising her big-majority government’s strength to 38.

The new State Ministers are Adv Shahjahan Mia, Adv Abdul Mannan Khan, Adv Quamrul Islam, Adv Shamsul Haque Tuku, Adv Jahangir Kabir Nanok and Motahar Hossain.

The portfolios of the new State Ministers were not immediately available.

President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed administered their oath of office in a simple ceremony at

Bangabhaban at 7:08pm. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, presidential nominee Zillur Rahman, Cabinet ministers and high civil and military officials were present at the swearing-in ceremony.

This was the first expansion of the cabinet within three weeks of the Hasina government’s assumption of office following a sweeping victory in the December 29 polls.

The general election gave her Awami League party a thumping majority with 230 seats alone and 262 with its grand-alliance partners in the 300-seat parliament, which goes into inaugural session today.

Source: The New Nation