Portfolios of ministers and state ministers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday evening distributed ministries/divisions among the newly sworn in ministers and state ministers as per the Rule 3 (iv) under Rules of Business 1996.

The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification to this end is given below:

AKM Mozammel Haque (Gazipur-1)- Liberation War Affairs

Obaidul Quader (Noakhali-5)- Road Transport and Bridges

Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Narsingdi-4)- Industries Minister

Asaduzzaman Khan (Dhaka-12)- Home Minister  

Dipu Moni (Chandpur-3)-  Social Welfare Minister

Tajul Islam (Cumilla-9)- Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister

Faruk Khan (Gopalganj-1)- Civil Aviation Commerce Minister

Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali (Dinajpur-4)- Finance Minister

Anisul Huq (Brahmanbaria-4)- Law Minister

Hasan Mahmud (Chattogram-7)- Foreign Minister

Abdus Shahid (Moulvibazar-4)- Agriculture Minister

Shadhan Chandra Majumdar (Naogaon-1)- Food Minister

RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury (Brahmanbaria-3)- Housing and Public Works Minister

Abdur Rahman (Faridpur-1)- Fisheries and Livestock Minister

Narayan Chandra Chanda (Khulna-5)- Land Minister

Abdus Salam (Mymensingh-9)- Planning Minister

Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Chattogram-9)- Education Minister

Farhad Hossain (Meherpur-1)-  Public Administer Minister

Faridul Haque Khan (Jamalpur-2)- Religious Affairs Minister

Zillul Hakim (Rajbari-2)-  Railways Minister

Saber Hossain Chowdhury (Dhaka-9)- Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister

Jahangir Kabir Nanak (Dhaka-13)- Textile and Jute Minister

Najmul Hasan (Kishoreganj-3) – Youth and Sports Development Minister

Yeafesh Osman (technocrat)- Science and Technology Minister

Samanta Lal Sen (technocrat)- Health and Family Planning Minister 

The portfolios of the state ministers are:

Simeen Hussain Rimi (Gazipur-4)-  Women and Children Affairs Ministry 

Nasrul Hamid (Dhaka-3)- Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry 

Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Natore-3)- Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry

Mohammad Ali Arafat (Dhaka-17)- Information Ministry 

Mohibbur Rahman (Patuakhali-4)- Disaster Management and Relief Ministry 

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Dinajpur-2)- Shipping Ministry 

Zahid Faruk (Barishal-5)- Water Resources Ministry

Kujendra Lal Tripura (Khagrachhari)- Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry 

Rumana Ali (Gazipur-3)- Primary and Mass Education Ministry

Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury (Sylhet-2)- Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry

Ahsanul Alam (Tangail-6)- Commerce Ministry