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Interim government gets expanded with 4 new advisers
Four more advisers sworn-in on Friday to join the interim govt
Dhaka, Aug 16 - Four more advisers were sworn-in on Friday afternoon to join the recently formed 17-member interim government led by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.
The new advisers are - economist Wahiduddin Mahmud, former Cabinet Secretary Ali Imam Majumder, former power secretary Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan and Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the new advisers at Bangabhaban.
Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain conducted the swearing-in ceremony.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government on August 8 after protests forced out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.-UNB