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President. Abdul Hamid will take the oath of office to the new minister of state on Tuesday night.
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. However, the government did not say anything officially at the time.
The Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Obaidul Quader, confirmed the matter in a briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday morning.
“A good man of ours, a member of Parliament from Islampur in Jamalpur, will take the oath tonight,” he said.
At 7 pm, the president will administer the oath to the newly appointed minister of state. Joynal Abedin told bdnews24.com.
Bangabhaban (file photo)
Preparations are underway for the swearing-in ceremony at the Bangabhaban court. If 1 or 2 ministers or state ministers are sworn in, the arrangement is usually short. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the scope of that small event may be shortened this time.
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 reshuffles and the death of a state minister, the government led by Sheikh Hasina now has 25 ministers, 16 state ministers and three vice ministers.
Imran Ahmed, who took office for the last time as minister of state on July 13 of last year, and Fazilatun Nesa Indira were sworn in as ministers of state.
In the technocratic quota, that is, although he is not a member of parliament, 84-year-old Awami League leader Sheikh Mohammad got a cabinet seat. Abdullah was the state minister of religion. The ministry was left empty after his death on June 13.
According to the Business Rules, if there is no minister, minister of state or vice minister in a ministry, the responsibility of that ministry rests with the Prime Minister. Now the prime minister cedes responsibility to the state minister of religion. Faridul Haque Khan in the hands of Dulal.
Dulal, 64, represents the Jamalpur-2 (Islampur) constituency for the third time.
The journalists drew the attention of the Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Obaidul Quader, as to whether there was any change in any ministry other than religion.
In response, he said: “At the moment, I don’t know of any other cabinet changes. Because (change) I would have done with a few more. But it is actually the exclusive prerogative of the Prime Minister.
“It just came to our notice then. He was filling a vacancy. In other places, the tide of protectionist sentiment is flowing. It is not turning very suddenly.”
When asked what “very suddenly” means, Kader said: “This is the moment of coronation.… Working in normal time with physical presence is very difficult at the moment. Also, at the moment, the Prime Minister does not believe that no urgent change is needed in other ministries at this time. “
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