Sayeed Muhammad of DOT
After all its 47 members took oath at Bangabhaban, the Cabinet Division yesterday evening published a gazette distributing portfolios among the new appointees.
With the development, the outgoing cabinet got abolished with the publication of the gazette, reports The Daily Star.
According to the gazette, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have the portfolios for Cabinet Division, Ministry of Public Administration, Ministry of Defence, Armed Forces Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
There are 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers in the new cabinet constituted following Awami League’s landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary election held on December 30, 2018.
For the first time in 22 years, the new council of ministers will be a single-party one, meaning all belonging to the ruling Awami League.
Among the 47 members in the new council of ministers, 27 are first timers.
The names of all the ministers, state ministers and their deputies were published on Sunday.