The administration headed by Sheikh Hasina has assigned portfolios to its members as a new cabinet gets sworn in on Thursday.
Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain informed the reporters that the new cabinet will include 37 members this time.
Along with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, this cabinet will consist of 25 ministries and 11 state ministers. This time, two technocrat ministers will be among them.
This is how the ministries are divided up.
The ministers are
AKM Mozammel Haque (Gazipur-1)- Ministry of Liberation War Affairs
Obaidul Quader (Noakhali-5)- Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges
Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Narsingdi-4)- Ministry of Industries
Asaduzzaman Khan (Dhaka-12)- Home Ministry
Dr Dipu Moni (Chandpur-3)- Ministry of Social Welfare
Md Tajul Islam (Cumilla-9)- Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
Muhammad Faruk Khan (Gopalganj-1)- Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali (Dinajpur-4)- Ministry of Finance
Anisul Huq (Brahmanbaria-4)- Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Dr Hasan Mahmud (Chattogram-7)- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Md Abdus Shahid (Moulvibazar-4)- Ministry of Agriculture
Sadhan Chandra Majumder (Naogaon-1)- Ministry of Food
RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury (Brahmanbaria-3)- Ministry of Housing and Public Works
Md Abdur Rahman (Faridpur-1)- Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
Narayan Chandra Chanda (Khulna-5)- Ministry of Land
Abdus Salam (Mymensingh-9)- Ministry of Planning
Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Chattogram-9)- Ministry of Education
Farhad Hossain (Meherpur-1)- Ministry of Public Administration
Md Faridul Haque Khan (Jamalpur-2)- Ministry of Religious Affairs
Md Zillul Hakim (Rajbari-2)- Ministry of Railways
Saber Hossain Chowdhury (Dhaka-9)- Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change
Jahangir Kabir Nanak (Dhaka-13)- Ministry of Textiles and Jute
Nazmul Hasan (Kishoreganj-6)- Ministry of Youth and Sports
Architect Yeafesh Osman (technocrat)- Ministry of Science and Technology
Samanta Lal Sen (technocrat)- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The state ministers are
Simeen Hussain Rimi (Gazipur-4)- Ministry of Women and Child Affairs
Nasrul Hamid (Dhaka-3)- Power Division
Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Natore-3)- Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Mohammad Ali Arafat (Dhaka-17)- Information
Md Mahibbur Rahman (Patuakhali-4)-Disaster Management
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Dinajpur-2)- Shipping
Zaheed Farooque (Barishal-5)- Water Resources
Kujendra Lal Tripura (Khagrachhari)- CHT Affairs
Rumana Ali (Gazipur-3)- Primary and Mass Education
Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury (Sylhet-2)- Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment
Ahsanul Islam Titu (Tangail-6)- Commerce
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