A 47-member new cabinet has been declared with the induction of a crop of new and young faces to run the Sheikh Hasina-led government for the next five years.
Thirty-six members [25 ministers, nine state ministers and two deputy ministers] of last cabinet have dropped out of the new cabinet this time, including the heavyweights of the Awami League (AL).
None other than the AL-nominated members of parliament (MPs) found place on the list of new ministers.
The MPs of the HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party, who were in dual role in last cabinet as ministers and opposition members, are totally axed this time.
They will be in the opposition bench in parliament.
No lawmakers from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and Workers Party have also been included in the new council of ministers.
However, the new cabinet includes three technocrat members.
The prime minister and her 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers will take an oath of office at Bangabhaban today (Monday).
In the new cabinet, AHM Mustafa Kamal has been named as finance minister, Tipu Munshi as commerce minister and Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun as industries minister.
However, Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has been given the portfolio of agriculture ministry in place of Matia Chowdhury.
Interestingly, a finance minister has been chosen from outside Sylhet for the first time since 1991.
Late Saifur Rahman, SAMS Kibria and AMA Muhith served as finance ministers and all of them were from the Sylhet belt.
Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam announced on Sunday afternoon the names of the lawmakers who are injected into the new cabinet.
Meanwhile, political analysts said the mixture of fresh blood and experienced ones in the new cabinet is a good decision from the AL high-ups.
The new ministers would successfully face the challenges in the days to come, they hoped.
The experts said only two from the AL presidium members are included in the new cabinet and several heavyweights from last cabinet are axed taking public perception into consideration.
The new cabinet members, including PM Hasina, will swear in around 3:30 pm.
President Abdul Hamid will officiate at the oath-taking ceremony of the council of ministers.
WHO'S WHO
New full ministers are AKM Mozammel Huq, liberation war affairs, Obaidul Quader, road transport and bridges, Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, agriculture, Asaduzzaman Khan, home affairs, Muhammad 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 Malik, health and family welfare, Sadan Chandra Majumder, food, Tipu Munshi, commerce, Nuruzzaman Ahmed, social welfare, SM Rezaul Karim, housing and public works, Md Shahab Uddin, environment, forests and climate change, Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing, CHT affairs, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, land, Nurul Islam Sujan, railway, Yafesh Osman, science and technology, and Mustafa Jabbar, post, telecommunications and information technology.
New state ministers are Kamal Ahmed Majumder, industries, Imran Ahmad, expatriate welfare and overseas employment, Zahid Ahsan Russell, youth and sports, Nasrul Hamid, power, energy and mineral resources, Asharaf Ali Khan Khasru, fisheries and livestock, Begum Monnojan Sufian, labour and employment, Khaled Mahmud Chowdhury, shipping, Jakir Hosen, primary and mass education, Shahriar Alam, foreign affairs, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, information and communication technology, Farhad Hossain, public administration, Swapan Bhattacharya, local government, rural development and cooperatives, Zahid Faruk, water resources, Murad Hasan, health and family welfare, Sharif Ahmed, social welfare, KM Khalid, cultural affairs, Dr Enamur Rahman, disaster management and relief, Md Mahbub Ali, civil aviation and tourism, and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, religious affairs.
New deputy ministers are Begum Habibun Nahar, environment, forests and climate change, AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, water resources, and Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, education.
WHO ARE DROPPED
The ministers dropped out of the new cabinet are finance minister AMA Muhith, industries minister Amir Hossain Amu, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed, agriculture minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, health minister Mohammd Nasim, local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, expatriate welfare and oversees employment minister Nurul Islam, social welfare minister Rashed Khan Menon, public works minister Engineer Mosharrof Hossain, textile and jute minister Md Imajuddin Pramanik, information minister Hasanul Haq Inu, environment, forests and climate change minister Anisul Islam Mahmud, water resources minister Anwar Hossain Manju, education minister Nurul Islam Nahid, shipping minister Shajahan Khan, disaster management and relief minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, foreign minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, railways minister Mujibul Haque, primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman, cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor, land minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, food minister Qamrul Islam, fisheries and livestock minister Narayan Chandra Chanda, civil aviation and tourism minister AKM Shajahan Kamal and religious affairs minister Matiur Rahman.
The axed state ministers are Mujibul Haque, labour, Mirza Azam, textiles and jute, Biren Sikder, youth and sports, Ismat Ara Sadek, public administration, Meher Afroz Chumki, women and children affairs, Tarana Halim, information, Md Nazrul Islam, water resources, Masiur Rahman Ranga, local government, rural development and cooperatives, and Kazi Keramat Ali, technical and madrasa education division.
Deputy ministers Abdullah Al Islam Jacob, environment, forests and climate change, and Arif Khan Joy, youth and sports, are also excluded.
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