Sheikh Hasina, who has always included representatives from the Awami League's allied parties in her administration, has not picked any of them as her new cabinet colleagues, reports bdnews24.com.
The Awami League won a landslide victory in the 11th national parliamentary election and will form the government for a third consecutive term. It is Hasina's fourth term as prime minister.
The Awami League formed their first government under the leadership of Hasina in 1996. Hasina included the Jatiya Party's Anwar Hossain Manju and JaSaD's ASM Abdur Rab in her cabinet at the time.
Then, in 2008, Hasina's cabinet included the Jatiya Party leaders such as GM Quader and the Samyabadi Dal's Dilip Barua.
JSD President Hasanul Haq Inu was added near the end of the term. Inu and Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon and Jatiya Party leaders were in her cabinet after the 2014 election.
This is the first time Hasina has formed a cabinet exclusively with the members of her own party.
Ministers have changed at 18 ministries. The departures include Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon and Water Resources Minister Jatiya Party's Anwar Hossain Manju.
Jatiya Party members such as Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud, State Minister for Local Government Mashiur Rahman Ranga and State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu have also been left out.
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad had said last Thursday that none of the party's members of parliament would be on the cabinet and would instead form the main opposition.
This explains the departure of the Jatiya Party members, but the absence of Inu, Menon and Manju from the cabinet comes as a surprise, as does the slate of new faces.
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