New cabinet to be sworn on Thursday

On the occasion, the Bangabhaban has taken preparation to arrange the ceremony with as many as one thousand guests along with dignitaries.

Bangabhaban is set to hold the oath-taking ceremony of the new cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday.

"President Mohammed Shahabuddin will administer the oath to the new cabinet members," President's Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS this on Tuesday evening.

 Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain will conduct the new ministers' oath-taking ceremony at Durbar Hall of the Bangabhaban at 7:00 pm on the day, the Bangabhaban spokesman added.

 On the occasion, the Bangabhaban has taken preparation to arrange the  ceremony with as many as one thousand guests along with dignitaries.

 Meanwhile, Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina will pay a courtesy call on the President at Bangabhaban today afternoon.

Yesterday afternoon, talking to the newsmen at the secretariat Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain said the newly elected members of the parliament will take oath on Wednesday .

 Replying to a question of journalists, the cabinet secretary said he is yet to receive instructions about the size of the cabinet and who will be the cabinet members.

 The members of the parliament elected in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad elections are sworn in today before the oath of the new cabinet.

 Speaker of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the newly elected MPs today morning.

 On January 7, the 12th JS polls were held in 299 seats. Bangladesh Awami League won 222 seats, Jatiya Party won 11 seats and independent candidates 62 seats, partners of the Awami League-led 14-party combine -Workers Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasod) got one seat each. Bangladesh Kalyan Party won in one seat in the polls.

 The Election Commission (EC) in the meantime published the gazette with the list of 298 MPs on Tuesday.