Dr. Major changes have taken place in the interim government of Muhammad Yunus. Three new advisors have joined. The responsibilities of the old five have been redistributed.
Industrialist Sekh Bashir Uddin took oath as an advisor at Bangabhaban on Sunday evening. Mahfuz Alam and filmmaker Mustafa Sarayer Farooqui.
President on Sunday. Sahabuddin administered the oath to three new advisers, Sheikh Bashir Uddin, Mustafa Sarayar Faruqi and Mahfuz Alam. Photo: PID
In Sheikh Bashir’s Commerce and Textiles and Jute ministries, Farooqi was given the Culture Ministry. So far no ministry has been given to Mahfuz Alam. Asif Mahmood, the youngest of the advisers and the student leader of the coup, has been promoted to youth, sports and labor along with major ministries such as local government, rural development and cooperatives.
In addition to the Ministry of Finance and Commerce, the responsibility of the Ministry of Science and Technology is also advisor. On the shoulders of Salehuddin Ahmed. Advisor to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Asif Nazrul is also in charge of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment and Cultural Affairs. He does not get the opportunity to sit in the culture. So his burden has been reduced.
Economist Wahiduddin Mahmud, who is in charge of the Ministry of Education and Planning, is also under pressure as he has two ministries in his hands. Advisor Brigadier (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain was handling the Ministry of Shipping along with Textiles and Jute Ministry. This former interior adviser was only in charge of the naval ministry as Sheikh Bashir was given jute and clothes. Sekh Bashir’s trade advisor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed will handle only the finance ministry from now on. Muhammad Fawzul Kabir Khan is in charge of a total of five departments including Road Transport, Bridges, Railways, Power and Mineral Resources.
Three days after Sheikh Hasina fled in the student uprising in exchange for thousands of lives. 14 advisers were sworn in on August 8 under the leadership of Yunus. The next day, the Cabinet Department issued a notification apportioning the offices of the Chief Advisor and other advisors. Adviser Supradeep Chakma and Bidhan Ranjan Roy took oath on August 11. And on August 13 another adviser Farooq-e-Azam took oath. Four more advisers were sworn in on August 16.
Source: samakal