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CABINET-MEETING
Maiden meeting of new cabinet begins
DHAKA, Jan 21, 2019 (BSS) – The maiden meeting of the new cabinet led by
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina began at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here
this morning.
“The meeting chaired by the premier commenced at 10 am at the PMO at
Tejgaon in the capital,” a source at the PMO said.
Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister asked her cabinet colleagues
to discharge their duties with utmost honesty and sincerity to achieve the
government’s goal of establishing Bangladesh as a hunger and poverty-free
developed and prosperous country.
At the outset of the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam
greeted the prime minister by presenting her with a bouquet, the source said.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister for
the fourth time, the third in a row, heading a 47-member council of ministers
on January 7, a week after the Awami League-led Grand Alliance’s landslide
victory in the 11th parliamentary election held on December 30.
The new cabinet comprising 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three
deputy ministers took oath at a state ceremony at Bangabhaban Darbar Hall on
Jan 7 afternoon.
President M Abdul Hamid administered the oath of office and oath of
secrecy to Sheikh Hasina and members of her council of ministers.
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