Mahmud gets Foreign Ministry, Nazrul Water Resources
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Newly appointed minister AH Mahmud Ali was given the portfolio of Foreign Ministry while state minister Md Nazrul Islam Water Resources Ministry on Wednesday. Meanwhile, deputy minister for Water Resources Abdullah Al Islam Jacob was given the ministry of Environment and Forest. The Cabinet Division already issued a gazette notification in this regard. Earlier in the day, AH Mahmud Ali took oath as a minister while Md Nazrul Islam as a state minister. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath to the newly inducted minister and state minister at the Credential Hall of Bangabhaban at 12.05 pm. Cabinet Secretary M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan moderated the oath-taking ceremony, according to UNB.