Fazilatunnesa Indira, Awami League Women Affairs Secretary, is going to take oath as a state minister while State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed will be made a full minister.
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shaiful Alam on Thursday said this at a press briefing on DCs' Conference at the secretariat. The swearing-in is expected to take place at 7:30pm on Saturday, he added. The changes are the second cabinet shuffle in the seven months since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formed the government for the third straight term.
After a landslide victory in the 11th national parliamentary polls, PM Sheikh Hasina formed a cabinet of 46 members, including 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers. Rumour is rife that Indira may be assigned to the women and children affairs ministry. The prime minister has so far been taking care of the ministry. After the latest shuffle, the number of cabinet members stood at 51, including 25 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers.