Cabinet Division issues gazette notification allocating portfolios to 25 ministers and 24 state ministers

For the first time since independence, a third member of the same political family has taken the country’s helm, with Tarique Rahman having become Bangladesh’s first male prime minister in 35 years.

Full structure of ministers and state ministers revealed informally by party; gazette still pending

Five advisers to hold rank of ministers and others to hold status of state ministers

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla hands letter to Bangladesh PM from his Indian counterpart

Govt, opposition must work together for the sake of the country

President Shahabuddin administered them oaths

Except for Nazrul and Rizvi, all of them had previously held key portfolios in past BNP governments