Two more adviser of the interim government took oath on Sunday.
The advisers are former Ambassador and Chairman of the Chattogram Hill Tracts Development Board Suprodip Chakma and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar. With their inclusion, the total number of advisers now stand at 15.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office while Chief Adviser to the Interim Government Dr Muhammad Yunus witnessed the ceremony at Darbar Hall of the Bangabhaban.
The Cabinet division on Sunday appointed Suprodip Chakma as adviser to the Ministry of Chattogram Hill Tracts and Bidhan Ranjan Roy adviser to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.
Another adviser of the 16-member Council of Advisers of the Interim Government led by Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus would be sworn in once after he returns to Bangladesh.
Earlier, 13 out of 17 members of the advisers' council of the interim government took oath last Thursday.
Another adviser Navy Commando and valiant Freedom Fighter Farooq-e Azam, Bir Pratik, could not take oath as he was away from the capital.
However, the portfolios of the newly sworn-in advisers will be disclosed later, said an official of the Cabinet division. Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain conducted the oath-taking ceremony.
After the oath-taking ceremony, the two advisers signed the oath of secrecy.
