Dhaka: Newly inducted minister Nurul Islam BSc has got the charge of the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry, while two new state ministers–Tarana Halim and Nuruzzaman Ahmed–got the charge of the Posts and Telecommunications Division and the Food Ministry respectively.

Besides, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan and State Minister for Science and Technology Yafes Osman have been given the full charges of their respective ministries as they have been elevated to full minister.

The Cabinet Division on Tuesday evening issued a gazette notification distributing the portfolios among the new ministers.

Earlier in the evening, the three ministers and the two state ministers were sworn in as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has gone on her first major cabinet-overhaul exercise inducting three new faces and elevating two junior ministers to full ministers.

President Abdul Hamid administered the oath in presence of the Prime Minister at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 6:28 pm. Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan conducted the oath-taking ceremony.

With the inclusion of thee new faces, Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet now turned into 52-member one comprising 32 ministers, 18 state ministers and two deputy ministers.