News Desk, Bangladesh Global: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as the 11th Prime Minister of Bangladesh after forming a 50-member Cabinet, comprising 25 Ministers and 24 State Ministers. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered their oaths at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban today afternoon.
Earlier today, the BNP Parliamentary Party (BPP) unanimously elected Tarique as Leader of the House at a meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The journey of the new government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has officially begun. In the national elections held on 12 February, the BNP alliance won 212 out of 299 seats. Several high-level foreign dignitaries including the PMs of Maldives and Bhutan, Speaker of Lok Sabha of India, Indo-Pacific Undersecretary of UK attended the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet.
The 25 ministers are: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khoshru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram, Abu Jafar Md Zahid Hossain, Dr Khalilur Rahman, Abdul Awal Mintoo, Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, Mizanur Rahman Minu, Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Zahir Uddin Swapon, Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid, Afroza Khanam Rita, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, Asadul Habib Dulu, Md Asaduzzaman, Zakaria Taher, Dipen Dewan, ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon, Sarder Md Sakhawat Hossain, Fakir Mahbub Anam, and Sheikh Rabiul Alam.
The 24 state ministers are: M Rashiduzzaman Millat, Anindya Islam Amit, Md Shariful Alam, Shama Obaed Islam, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Farhad Hossain Azad, Md Aminul Haq, Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin, Habibur Rashid, Md Rajib Ahsan, Md Abdul Bari, Mir Shahe Alam, Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki, widely known as Zonayed Saki, Ishraque Hossain, Farzana Sharmin, Shaikh Faridul Islam, Nurul Haque Nur, Yasser Khan Chowdhury, M Iqbal Hossain, MA Muhith, Ahammad Sohel Manjur, Bobby Hajjaj and Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam.
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