Portfolios assigned to newly appointed ministers and state ministers

Portfolios in the newly formed government have been allocated among the ministers and state ministers who were sworn in yesterday afternoon.

According to a Cabinet Division gazette notification, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assigned the responsibilities following the oath-taking ceremony. Earlier, President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the prime minister, ministers and state ministers at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

As per the notification, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been given charge of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, while Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury will oversee both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning.

Other notable appointments include Salahuddin Ahmed (Home Affairs), Iqbal Hasan Mahmud (Power, Energy and Mineral Resources), Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikrom (Liberation War Affairs), Abu Jafar Md Zahid Hossain (Women and Children Affairs and Social Welfare), Abdul Awal Mintoo (Environment, Forest and Climate Change), Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad (Religious Affairs), Mizanur Rahman Minu (Land), Nitai Roy Chowdhury (Cultural Affairs), Khandaker Abdul Muktadir (Commerce; Industries; and Textiles and Jute), Ariful Haque Choudhury (Labour and Employment; and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment), Afroza Khanam Rita (Civil Aviation and Tourism), Dipen Dewan (Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs), ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milan (Education; and Primary and Mass Education), Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain (Health and Family Welfare), Fakir Mahbub Anam (Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology; and Science and Technology), Sheikh Rabiul Alam (Road Transport and Bridges; Railways; and Shipping), Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid (Technocrat) (Agriculture; Fisheries and Livestock; and Food), Dr Khalilur Rahman (Technocrat) (Foreign Affairs), Md Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie (Water Resources), Asadul Habib Dulu (Disaster Management and Relief), Md Asaduzzaman (Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs), Zakaria Taher (Housing and Public Works), and Zahir Uddin Swapon (Information and Broadcasting).

The government has also appointed a broad list of state ministers to assist various ministries. They include M Rashiduzzaman Millat (Civil Aviation and Tourism), Anindya Islam Amit (Power, Energy and Mineral Resources), Md Shariful Alam (Commerce; Industries; and Textiles and Jute), Forhad Hossain Azad (Water Resources), Shama Obayed Islam (Foreign Affairs), Sultan Salahuddin Tuku (Agriculture; Fisheries and Livestock; and Food), Barrister Kaisar Kamal (Land), Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin (Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs), Habibur Rashid Habib and Md Rajib Ahsan (Road Transport and Bridges; Railways; and Shipping), Md Abdul Bari (Public Administration), Mir Shahe Alam (Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives), Md Junaid Abdur Rahim Saki (Finance and Planning), Ishraque Hossain (Liberation War Affairs), Farzana Sharmin Putul (Women and Children Affairs and Social Welfare), Sheikh Faridul Islam (Environment, Forest and Climate Change), Md Nurul Huq Nur (Labour and Employment; and Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment), Yeaser Khan Chowdhury (Information and Broadcasting), M Iqbal Hossain (Disaster Management and Relief), M A Muhith (Health and Family Welfare), Ahammad Sohel Manjur (Housing and Public Works), Bobby Hajjaj (Education; and Primary and Mass Education), Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam (Cultural Affairs), and Md Aminul Haque (Technocrat) (Youth and Sports).