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When the new minister of state was sworn in at the Bangabhaban court on Tuesday night, the president said. Abdul Hamid. After taking the oath as Minister of State, Faridul Haque also took a separate oath of secrecy.
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, this oath has been made on a small scale. There were a total of 26 chairs for participants to sit in the Durbar Hall.
It is customary for the head of government to be present at the ceremony if a minister or minister of state takes office. However, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was not present at the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday.
In addition to the Minister of Liberation War Affairs, Akam Mozammel Haque, the Minister of the Interior, Asaduzzaman Khan, and the Minister of Information, Hasan Mahmud, other high-ranking officials were also present on the occasion. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted by Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam.
The rumor that Faridul Haque Khan Dulal will come as minister of state in the Ministry of Religion, which has been vacant for the past five months, has been circulating since Monday. The Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Obaidul Quader, confirmed the matter in a briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
Previously, the leader of the Awami League, Sheikh Mohammad, was in charge of the state minister of religion. Although Abdullah was not a member of Parliament, he entered cabinet with a technocrat quota. The ministry has been vacant since his death on June 13. Faridul Haque Khan Dulal now assumes that responsibility.
Faridul Haque, 64, represents the Jamalpur-2 (Islampur) constituency in Parliament for the third time.
Faridul Haque Khan Dulal, born February 1, 1956, studied until HAC and became involved in business and politics in the Awami League.
The former Upazila president of Islampur in Jamalpur won the ninth general election in 2008 and went to parliament for the first time. In that Parliament he was appointed member of the Parliamentary Commission of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Dulal, father of two daughters, is a jute merchant. In the current XI Parliament, he is a member of the Parliamentary Commission of the Ministry of the Interior.
Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as Prime Minister for the third consecutive term on January 8, 2019 after a landslide victory in the Eleventh Parliamentary Election. He formed the cabinet of the new government with 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers.
After two cabinet restructurings and the death of a state minister, the government led by Sheikh Hasina now has 25 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers.
At the beginning of July 13 last year, Imran Ahmed, who had assumed the position of minister of state, was sworn in as minister and Fazilatun Nesa Indira was sworn in as minister of state.
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