President Md Abdul Hamid administering the oath of office to Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister for the third consecutive term at Bangabhaban in the capital on Monday — BSS Sheikh Hasina has taken her oath as prime minister for a third consecutive term, report agencies.
Through the oath taking of new ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers, the country gets a cabinet with all members from the AL after 1973 while Sheikh Hasina became the Prime Minister for a record fourth time.
President Md Abdul Hamid administered the oath for the prime minister at the Bangabhaban at 3:40 pm on Monday.
The President also administered the oath for the new ministers, ministers of state and deputy ministers who will form the cabinet.
The oath-taking ceremony was moderated by Cabinet Secretary Shafiul Alam, who on Sunday, announced the names and offices of the 47 members of the new cabinet at a media briefing.
The Prime Minister will lead a cabinet of 24 ministers, 19 ministers of state and three state ministers.
The announcement came as a surprise as it is customary for the list of ministers to be disclosed after they have been sworn in.
After taking her oath, the Prime Minister hugged her sister Sheikh Rehana.
Awami League Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury embraced Hasina.
The Prime Minister then waved to the crowd.
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, CEC KM Nurul Huda, diplomats and various representatives from social and cultural organisations attended the event.
Neither Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad nor his wife and former Leader of the Opposition Raushon Ershad were seen at the event.
But Awami League allies such as Bikalpadhara President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, Bikalpadhara Secretary Genreal Abdul Mannan and Joint Secretary General Mahi B Chowdhury and Jatiya Party Presidium Member Fakhrul Imam were present.
Awami League leaders AMA Muhith, AH Mahmood Ali, Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Nurul Islam Nahid and Qamrul Islam were also present.
Advisers to the Prime Minister HT Imam, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and Gowher Rizvi also came to the Bangabhaban for the event.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was greeted at the Bangababan by President Md Abdul Hamid upon her arrival. She entered the Darbar Hall around 3:30 pm.
After the event, the guests took tea and snacks at the Bangabhaban field. The prime minister was seen mingling with the crowd.
According to the list of the cabinet members, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will keep 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.
The 24 ministers are AKM Mozammel Huq (Liberation War Affairs), Obaidul Quader (Road Transport and Bridges), Md Abdur Razzaque (Agriculture), Asaduzzaman Khan (Home Affair), Mohammad Hasan Mahmud (Information), Anisul Huq (Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs), AHM Mustafa Kamal (Finance), Md Tajul Islam (Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives), Dr Dipu Moni (Education), AK Abdul Momen (Foreign Affairs), MA Mannan (Planning), Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Industries), Golam Dastagir Gazi (Textiles and Jute), Zahid Maleque (Health and Family Welfare), Sadhan Chandra Majumder (Food), Tipu Munshi (Commerce), Nuruzzaman Ahmed (Social Welfare), SM Rezaul Karim (Housing and Public Works), Md Shahab Uddin (Environment, Forest and Climate Change), Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing (Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs), Saifuzzaman Chowdhury (Land), Md Nurul Islam Sujan (Railways), Yeafesh Osman (Science and Technology-Technocrat) and Mustafa Jabbar (Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology-Technocrat).
The 19 state ministers are Kamal Ahmed Majumder (Education), Imran Ahmad (Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment), Md Zahid Ahsan Russel (Youth and Sports), Nasrul Hamid (Power, Energy and Mineral Resources), Md Ashraf Ali Khan Kashru (Fisheries and Livestock), Begum Monnuzan Sufian (Labour and Employment), Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Shipping), Md Zakir Hossain (Primary and Mass Education), Md Shahriar Alam (Foreign Affairs), Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Information and Communication Technology Division), Farhad Hossain (Public Administration), Shawpan Bhattacharjee (LGRD and Cooperatives), Jahid Faruk (Water Resources), Md Murad Hasan (Health and Family Welfare), Sharif Ahmed (Social Welfare), KM Khalid (Cultural Affairs), Md Enamur Rahaman (Disaster Management and Relief), Md Mahbub Ali (Civil Aviation and Tourism) and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (Religious Affairs-Technocrat).
The three deputy ministers are Begum Habibun Nahar (Environment, Forest and Climate Change), AKM Enamul Haque Shamim (Water Resources) and Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Education).
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