Muhammad Yunus, serving as the head of the newly-constituted interim government of Bangladesh, announced the portfolios for his council of advisors. This government comprises 17 advisors, Yunus will oversee 27 ministries, including defense, public administration, education, energy, food, water resources, and information. The members of the interim government took oath on August 8.
The portfolios of the advisers to the interim government are as follows:
Prof Muhammad Yunus: Cabinet Division, defence ministry, armed forces division, education ministry, road highways and bridges ministry, food ministry, housing and public works ministry, land ministry, textiles and jute ministry, agriculture ministry, science and technology ministry, railways ministry, public administration ministry, power, energy and mineral resources ministry, shipping ministry, water resources ministry, women and children affairs ministry, disaster management and relief ministry, information and broadcasting ministry, expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment ministry, commerce ministry, labour and employment ministry, cultural affairs ministry, civil aviation and tourism ministry, liberation war affairs ministry, Chittagong hill tracts affairs ministry, and primary and mass education ministry.
Salehuddin Ahmed: finance ministry and planning ministry
Asif Nazrul: Law ministry
Adilur Rahman Khan: Industries Ministry
AF Hassan Ariff: LGRD ministry
Touhid Hossain: foreign Ministry
Syeda Rizwana Hasan: environment ministry
Sharmeen Murshid: social welfare ministry
Brigadier Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain: home ministry
AFM Khalid Hossain: Religious affairs ministry
Farida Akhtar: fisheries and livestock ministry
Nurjahan Begum: health ministry
Nahid Islam: posts, telecommunications and information technology ministry
Asif Mahmud: youth and sports ministry
