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Dr Yunus will head 27 ministries and departments; Nahid will head the ministry of ICT, youth and sports Asif

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Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus was sworn in yesterday as chief advisor to the new caretaker government of Bangladesh

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August 9, 2024, 1:10 PM

Last Modified: August 09, 2024, 02:51 pm

Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who was chosen to lead the future interim government. Archive photo: Collected

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Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who was chosen to lead the future interim government. Archive photo: Collected

Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who was chosen to lead the future interim government. Archive photo: Collected

The chief advisor to the caretaker government will oversee 27 ministries and departments while advisor Md Nahid Islam has been assigned the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiya will oversee the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

The division of ministries in the caretaker government was revealed in a circular issued today (August 9) by the Cabinet Department.

Advisor Saleh Uddin Ahmed took up duties at the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning.

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Dr Asif Nazrul took over as Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

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Advisor Hasan Arif was entrusted with the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives while Md Touhid Hossain was entrusted with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Syeda Rizwana Hasan took over as Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Sharmin S Murshid as Minister of Social Welfare.

Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain will head the Ministry of Interior and Dr AFM Khalid Hossain will head the Ministry of Religious Affairs.


Farida Akhtar took over as Minister of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, and Mizu Nurjahan Begum as Minister of Health and Social Welfare.

Below is a list of ministries and departments under the authority of the Chief Advisor to the Interim Government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus:

  1. Division of the Cabinet
  2. Ministry of Defence
  3. Armed Forces Division
  4. Ministry of Education
  5. Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges
  6. Ministry of Food
  7. Ministry of Housing and Public Works
  8. Ministry of Land
  9. Ministry of Textiles and Jute
  10. Ministry of Agriculture
  11. Ministry of Science and Technology
  12. Ministry of Railways
  13. Ministry of Public Administration
  14. Ministry of Energy, Power and Mineral Resources
  15. Ministry of Shipping
  16. Ministry of Water Resources
  17. Ministry of Women and Children
  18. Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief
  19. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
  20. Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Employment Abroad
  21. Ministry of Trade
  22. Ministry of Labor and Employment
  23. Ministry of Cultural Affairs
  24. Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
  25. Ministry of Liberation Affairs
  26. Chittagong Hill Areas Ministry
  27. Ministry of Primary and General Education

Nobel Prize winner Dr Muhammad Yunus was sworn in yesterday (8 August) as Chief Advisor to the new caretaker government of Bangladesh.

The ceremony was attended by leaders of various political parties, including BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, Jatiyo Party and Krishak Sramik Janata League.

In addition, the event was attended by more than five hundred people, including the head of the army, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, as well as other officers, secretaries of various ministries and diplomats from different countries.