PM Tarique chairs first cabinet meeting at Secretariat

The first meeting of the newly formed cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was held on Wednesday.

The meeting took place around 3pm at the Cabinet Division in the Secretariat.

Through the meeting, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman formally began work at his designated office in the Secretariat for the first time since assuming office.

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For more than a decade, almost all cabinet meetings and meetings with secretaries had been held at the Prime Minister’s Office.

Tarique Rahman, also the Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), took oath as the country’s 11th Prime Minister five days after his party clinched the landslide victory in the 13th parliamentary election.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office and oath of secrecy to Tarique Rahman and his cabinet members at the South Plaza of the Sangsad Bhaban on Tuesday.

His council of ministers included 25 ministers and 24 state ministers.