Five more individuals are going to be accommodated to Nobel Laureate economist Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus-led interim government's advisory council.
They are scheduled to be sworn-in at Bangabhaban in Dhaka at 7:00pm on Sunday (November 10). Five new cars have also been allocated to the new advisers.
Government's transport pool's transport commissioner (Additional Secretary) Md Abul Hasanat Humayun Kabir said, "We have received directives to keep five new cars readied. Five cars are now ready."
In the wake of the student-led movement, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled to neighbouring India on August 5. Later, the interim government, headed by Nobel laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, was sworn-in on August 8. The members of advisory council are now 21 including the chief adviser.
Under the first phase, 16 individuals were sworn-in. They were Finance Ministry's adviser Dr Saleh Uddin Ahmed; Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, Indistries Ministry adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, LGRD Ministry adviser AF Hasan Ariff, Foreign adviser M Touhid Hossain, Environment, Forest and Claimate Change Ministry adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Social Welfare Ministry's adviser Sharmin S Murshid, Textile and Jute Ministry's adviser M Sakhawat Hossain, Religious Affairs Ministry's adviser AFM Khalid Hossain, Fisheries and Livestock Ministry's adviser Farida Akhtar, Health Ministry's adviser Noor Jahan Begum, Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Ministry's adviser Md Nahid Islam, Youth, Sports and Labour and Manpower Ministries' adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, Chittagong Hill Tracts Ministry's adviser Supradip Chakma, Primary and Mass Education Ministry's adviser Bidhan Ranjan Poddar and Liberation War Affair Ministry's adviser Faruque-e-Azam.
Under the second phase, four more advisers were also sworn-in. They are Planning Ministry's adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, Adviser attached to the Chief Adviser's Office Ali Imam Mazumder, and Home Affairs Ministry's adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
