Unloading of cargo from the Bangladeshi vessel at the Al Hamriya port has been completed
His wife Hanufa Akter Rikta gave birth to the baby at Square Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon.
The minister told bdnews24.com that both mother and the baby were in good health.
“We haven’t named her yet. We will name her later following religious ritual,” he said.
The minister is turning 69 on Tuesday. He wed Rikta in October 2014.