A 36-member council of ministers, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be formed tomorrow, the cabinet secretary said today.
The new council of ministers includes 25 ministers and 11 state ministers, Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain told a press conference at the secretariat here this evening.
"President Mohammad Shabuddin will administer oath to ministers and state ministers at Bangabhaban at 7pm tomorrow," he said.
The 25 ministers are AKM Mozammel Haque (Gazipur-1), Obaidul Quader (Noakhali-5), Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Narsingdi-4), Asaduzzaman Khan (Dhaka-12), Dr Dipu Moni (Chandpur-3), Md Tajul Islam (Cumilla-9), Muhammad Faruk Khan (Gopalganj-1), Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali (Dinajpur-4), Anisul Huq (Brahmanbaria-4), Dr Hasan Mahmud (Chattogram-7), Md Abdus Shahid (Moulvibazar-4), Sadhan Chandra Majumder (Naogaon-1), RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury (Brahmanbaria-3), Md Abdur Rahman (Faridpur-1), Narayan Chandra Chanda (Khulna-5), Abdus Salam (Mymensingh-9), Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Chattogram-9), Farhad Hossain (Meherpur-1), Md Faridul Haque Khan (Jamalpur-2), Md Zillul Hakim (Rajbari-2), Saber Hossain Chowdhury (Dhaka-9), Jahangir Kabir Nanak (Dhaka-13), Nazmul Hasan (Kishoreganj-6), Architect Yeafesh Osman (technocrat) and Samanta Lal Sen (technocrat).
The 11 state ministers are Simeen Hussain Rimi (Gazipur-4), Nasrul Hamid (Dhaka-3), Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Natore-3), Mohammad Ali Arafat (Dhaka-17), Md Mahibbur Rahman (Patuakhali-4), Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Dinajpur-2), Zaheed Farooque, (Barishal-5), Kujendra Lal Tripura (Khagrachhari), Rumana Ali (Gazipur-3), Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury (Sylhet-2) and Ahsanul Islam Titu (Tangail-6).
The Awami League (AL) has won 222 seats out of 298 in yesterday 12th parliamentary election, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal.
The CEC revealed this information at a media briefing at Election Commission (EC) media centre here in the city.
Kazi Habibul Awal informed that out of 300 constituencies, polls to one constituency- Naogaon-2 were postponed following the death of a candidate.
The early results of the 12th national polls show that Awami League is leading the electoral race unofficially.
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is well on her way to form the government for a fourth consecutive term with the ruling party and its alliance partners set to bag a landslide victory in the 12th national election held yesterday.
According to the results available until 12:15am Sunday, till the filing of this report, Awami League bagged 207 seats. Candidates from the Jatiya Party secured wins in 9 constituencies and independent candidates won the race in 53 seats.
The 12th national election, marked by a low turnout and sporadic violence in an otherwise largely peaceful atmosphere, placed the Awami League candidates and independents winning most of the seats in the absence of any major opposition in the race on Sunday.
Voter turnout was noticeably low in most polling stations in the capital while the crowd of party leaders can be seen in front of the centres almost all day long.
This correspondent reported this, visiting at least 30 centres of Dhaka-12, Dhaka-13, Dhaka-14, Dhaka-15 and Dhaka-16 constituencies from 7:15 am to 3pm on Sunday.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls were held today almost peacefully with around 40 percent turnout of voters.
"Starting at 8am the polling ended at 4pm today.... Based on the reports received here till this evening, the voter turnout is around 40 percent. However, the number may increase or decrease finally," the CEC said at a post-election briefing at the EC Secretariat here.
The parliamentary elections were held in 399 seats out of 300 electoral constituencies throughout the country.