Dhaka, March 18 (bdnews24.com)—Parliament restructured the parliamentary watchdog committees Wednesday, drafting in members from the main opposition BNP.
One member from the party was incorporated in each of the 10-strong parliamentary standing committees mandated to ensure transparency and accountability in the functioning of the ministries.
Chief whip Abdus Shahid proposed the names of the BNP MPs and those were passed by voice vote.
The government formed 11 parliamentary committees and 36 standing committees last month giving the BNP two posts of chairmen.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was elected member of the parliamentary standing committee on the law ministry and the public accounts committee.
M K Anwar will sit on the parliamentary standing committee on the finance ministry and public accounts committee.
Chief whip Zainul Abedin Farroque was elected member of the standing committee on the information ministry and the committee on government assurances.
Mahbub Uddin Khokon was incorporated to the standing committee on the energy and mineral resources and foreign ministries.
The other members are Mosharraf Hossain (labour and employment ministry), Mesbah Uddin Farhad (civil aviation and tourism ministry), Mostofa Kamal Pasha (shipping ministry), Nazrul Islam Manju (communications ministry), Hasina Ahmad (women and children affairs ministry), Mazahr Ali Prodhan (food and disaster management ministry), Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anny (jute and textile ministry), A N M Shamsul Islam (planning ministry), Abul Khayer Bhuiyan (LGRD and cooperatives ministry), A H M Hamidur Rahman Azad (water resources ministry), Rumana Mahmood (commerce ministry), Haurnur Rashid (industries ministry), Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry), Barkatullah Bulu (establishment ministry), Amzad Hossain (youth and sports ministry), Z I M Mostofa Ali (health and family welfare ministry), Golam Mostofa (post and telecommunications ministry), Mofazzal Hossain Kaykobad (religious affairs ministry), Mojibor Rahman Sarwar (agriculture ministry), Hafizur Rahim (land ministry), Abdul Momin Talukder (social welfare ministry), Nazim Uddin Ahmed (primary and mass education ministry), and Lutfor Rahman (housing and public works ministry).
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