Four new members have joined the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
Newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir administered their oaths at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban on Friday evening.
The four are BNP Standing Committee member and Narsingdi-2 MP Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman and Bhola-1 MP Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho, Bandarban MP Saching Prue Jerry, and M Rashiduzzaman Millat.
Gaibandha-4 MP Mohammad Shamim Kaisar Lincoln took oath as state minister.
Moyeen Khan, Andaleeve Rahman and Saching Prue Jerry took oath as ministers, while Mohammad Shamim Kaisar Lincoln took oath as a state minister.
Earlier, at 7:30pm, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir took oath as the country’s 23rd president at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban.
Acting Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Kaisar Kamal administered the oath to him.
The oath-taking ceremony of the new cabinet members followed immediately after the president’s swearing-in.