Interim govt to get more advisers, their oath on Friday

The Report Desk

Published: August 15, 2024, 05:35 PM

Interim govt to get more advisers, their oath on Friday

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The interim government, led by Prof Muhammad Yunus, is getting expanded with new faces.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new advisers will be held at 4pm on Friday at Bangabhaban.

It could not be known immediately who are going to take oath on Friday.

"The swearing-in ceremony will take place at Bangabhaban Durbar Hall at 4 PM on Friday... But details, including the names of proposed advisers couldn‍‍`t be known immediately," President‍‍`s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS this afternoon.

The probable advisers are economist Wahiduddin Mahmud, former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Mazumder and former secretary Fouzul Kabir Khan, according to a media report.

Other than these three, name of a former Army official is being heard as adviser. But his inclusion could not be confirmed.  

On July 8, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh‍‍`s interim government  after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee to India on August 5.

On that day, the cabinet was dissolved. Later on August 6, the President dissolved the 12th Jatiya Sangsad.

Including the chief advisor, the number of members in this interim government is 17 so far.

 

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