The advisory council of the interim government led by Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus is growing in size. It is reported that five new members may be inducted.
They will be sworn in on Sunday (November 10) evening, said the chief adviser's press secretary, Shafiqul Alam.
According to sources from the Government Vehicles Department, they have been asked to keep five vehicles ready. However, in such cases, they are always asked to keep additional vehicles ready.
After the student-public uprising, the interim government was formed on August 8 under the leadership of Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. The 21-member advisory council has already been in place for three months. Many of them are holding the responsibilities of multiple important ministries. Politicians often complain that one person is holding the responsibilities of several ministries at the same time, which is causing delays in the government's work. Therefore, they have also demanded to expand the scope of the advisory council.
The current advisory council, led by Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, includes former Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Dhaka University Law Professor Dr. Asif Nazrul, Secretary of the human rights organization Adilur Rahman Khan, former Attorney General AF Hasan Arif, former Foreign Secretary Towhid Hossain, Chief Executive of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) Syeda Rizwana Hasan, former Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain, Executive Director of the Policy Research Institute of the Non-Governmental Organization UBINIG Farida Akhtar, Director of Grameen Telecom Nur Jahan Begum, Executive Director of the Non-Governmental Organization Broti Sharmin Murshid, Islamic thinker AFM Khalid Hasan, Coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, former Ambassador Supradeep Chakma, Former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, Bir Pratik Faruk-e-Azam, Former Secretary Muhammad Fawzul Kabir Khan, Former Cabinet Secretary Ali Imam Majumder, Economist Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud and former Director General of Bangladesh Rifles Lt. Gen. (retd.)Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.