The new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Tuesday (Jan 8) on the occasion of taking oath to form the government for the third straight term.
Sheikh Hasina along with her cabinet colleagues paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi in the capital at 10am. After placing the wreath they stood there in solemn silence a while.
Later, the prime minister and her new cabinet colleagues started on their way to National Memorial at Savar to pay tributes to the Liberation War martyrs.
On Monday (Jan 7), Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister for the fourth time, and third in a row, with a 46-strong council of ministers on Monday, a week after the Awami League-led Grand Alliance secured an astounding landslide in the 11th Parliamentary Election held on Dec 30, 2018.
The new cabinet comprising 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and three deputy ministers took oath at a state ceremony at Bangabhaban Darbar Hall.
President M Abdul Hamid administered the oath of office and oath of secrecy to Sheikh Hasina and her new cabinet members.