Published : 22 Aug 2026, 05:51 AM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:34 AM
Six months after the formation of his government, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has reshuffled his cabinet.
Four new ministers have joined, one of whom was previously a state minister.
Two others have been sworn in as new state ministers, one of whom was previously an advisor to the prime minister.
BNP Standing Committee Member and Narsingdi-2 MP Abdul Moyeen Khan, Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman and Bhola-1 MP Andaleeve Rahman, and Bandarban MP Sa Ching Prue Jerry took their oaths as ministers, while State Minister for Aviation and Tourism Rashiduzzaman Millat was promoted to the rank of minister.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Advisor Humaiun Kobir and Gaibandha-4 MP Mohammad Shamim Kaiser Lincoln took oaths as state ministers.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sworn in as the new president at a Bangabhaban event on Friday evening. Immediately afterwards, he administered the oaths to four ministers and two state ministers.
Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani said the portfolios of the new ministers and state ministers have been distributed and a notification will be issued shortly.
Senior BNP leader Moyeen has been given the responsibility of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives vacated by Fakhrul.
Moyeen had served as the information minister from 2001 to 2002 during the Khaleda Zia government. He is currently the MP from Narsingdi-2.
Partho was elected as the MP from the Bhola-1 constituency after allying with the BNP in the 13th parliamentary election. He is now taking charge of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, replacing Zahir Uddin Swapon.
Swapon, in turn, has been appointed as an advisor to the prime minister with status equivalent to a minister, the cabinet secretary said.
BNP Executive Committee Member Sa Ching Prue Jerry has been appointed as the minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs, a seat that has been vacant for the past two and a half months. He had previously been elected as an MP in the 6th parliamentary election in 1996. He has also served as the chairman of Bandarban Sadar Upazila and Bandarban Hill Tracts District Council.
The cabinet secretary said that Millat, who was promoted from state minister to full minister, is now in charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. The current minister, Afroza Khanam Rita, has been transferred to take charge of the Ministry of Food.
New State Minister Lincoln has been appointed to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, where Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad is the minister.
Humaiun, who had been serving as the prime minister's foreign affairs advisor, with status equivalent to a state minister, has been made the minister of state for foreign affairs.
Shama Obaed Islam is currently the state minister for foreign affairs. Asked about this, the cabinet secretary said: "There is no problem if there are two state ministers at one ministry."
