Controversial leaders dropped from new Cabinet

At a briefing on Wednesday night, Cabinet Division Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said members of the new Cabinet will comprise of 25 ministers and 11 state ministers and deputy ministers.

The members of the new Cabinet will be sworn-in at Bangabhaban Durbar Hall at 7:00pm on Thursday.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin will administer oath to the members of new Cabinet.

After the sworn-in ceremony, the Prime Minister will distribute the portfolios among the ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers.

Some minsters and state ministers have been dropped from the list for their controversial roles.

Those who have been dropped as ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers from the new cabinet are as follows:

Ministers

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mostofa Jabbar, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Planning Minister Abdul Mannan, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Health Minsiter Zahid Malek, Women and Children Affairs Minister Fazilatun Nesa Indira, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim, Overseas Welfare Minister Imran Ahmed, Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzaque, Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin, Chittagong Hill Tract Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushoi Singh, and Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan.

State Ministers

State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Mazumder, State Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation Enamur Rahman, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Social Welfare Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru, State Minister for Housing and Public Works Sharif Ahmed, State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, State Minister for Labour Munnujan Sufian, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali, State Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharya, State Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation Enamur Rahman and State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel.

Deputy Ministers

Deputy Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Begum Habibun Nahar and Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Huq Shamim.