The interim government headed by Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus was sworn in today.
Earlier today, Yunus, who was named chief adviser of the interim government by President Mohammed Shahabuddin late on Tuesday, returned to the country from Paris.
Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, two key organisers of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, were also part of the 16-member advisory council.
The advisory council members are:
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, chief executive of BELA; Farida Akhtar, women rights activist; Adilur Rahman Khan, founder of Odhikar; AFM Khalid Hossain, Hefazat-e-Islam nayeb-e-ameer and Islami Andolan Bangladesh adviser; Nurjahan Begum, Grameen Telecom trustee; Sharmeen Murshid, freedom fighter; Bir Pratik Faruk-e-Azam; Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, DU students and key organisers of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement; Salehuddin Ahmed, former governor of Bangladesh Bank; Prof Asif Nazrul, Dhaka University law professor; Hasan Arif, former attorney general and adviser of Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government; Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hossain; Supradip Chakma, chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB); Prof Bidhan Ranjan Roy, director of the National Institute of Mental Health & Hospital Department of Psychiatry (not sure); Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary.
Supradip Chakma, Bidhan Ranjan Roy, and Faruk-e-Azam are outside the capital, so they could not be sworn in today.
During his first speech after returning to Bangladesh to take charge of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus became very emotional as he remembered Abu Sayed, a student from Rangpur, who was the first to be killed in the anti-discrimination student movement.
He said: "At this moment, I remember Abu Sayeed. The image of Abu Sayed is etched in the hearts of every Bangladeshi. No one can forget it. What an incredible, brave young man standing in front of a gun, and from then on, no young man or woman backed down. They moved forward and said, shoot as much as you want; we are here."
Mentioning that the movement spread across the country due to this unwavering determination, he added: "Because of this, Bangladesh achieved independence for the second time. We must protect this independence. Not only protect it, but we must also ensure that its benefits reach every household; otherwise, this independence has no value. Delivering this independence is our oath and firm commitment."
The authorities of Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) banned all forms of student politics and prohibited all political affiliations for the teachers, officers and employees.
The decision was made at its 136th emergency syndicate meeting yesterday, acting Registrar Prof Sheikh Mohammad Humayun Kabir said here today quoting a notification, reports BSS.
According to the notification, the students, teachers, officers and employees are prohibited their involvement in all kinds of political activities on CUET campus.
Mosques countrywide have been asked to alert people about planned sabotage and robberies at localities through loudspeakers after every waqt of namaz (time of prayers) and every hour from 8pm to 12 midnight from today.
Ad-hoc office of the interim government chief adviser designate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus made the call in a cautionary message issued here today.
In the message, locals have been urged to come forward to ensure safety and security of their own lives and properties as a group of people instigated by a vested and terrorist quarter is carrying out planned sabotage to create anarchy in the country.
"You (countrymen) know that incidents of robberies and rapes are taking place in localities. We will have to be united without being panicked," reads the message.