Interim government: 4 new advisers take oath

Four more advisers have joined the government. They have taken oath on Friday afternoon. 

The swearing-in of the new advisers was at Bangabhaban. The four new advisers are- economist Wahiduddin Mahmud, former power secretary Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Majumder and Lt Col (Retd) Jahangir Alam. 

President Md Shahabuddin administered the oath of office to the new members of the advisory council. 

Earlier, 17 advisers of Dr Muhammad Yunus-led interim government were sworn in in three phases starting on August 8 following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. 

Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5. Later on August 6, the President dissolved the 12th Jatiya Sangsad.