Muhammad Yunus takes oath as chief advisor
Staff Correspondent
The advisers of the interim government led by Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus are set to take oath at the Bangabhaban at 9pm on Thursday.
The 16 advisers who are likely to join the interim government are:
1. Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, economist and former governor of Bangladesh Bank
2. Dr Md Asif Nazrul, civil society member and professor of the University of Dhaka
3. Adilur Rahman Khan, human rights activist and former deputy attorney general
4. Md Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary
5. Hasan Arif, former attorney general
6. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, a Supreme Court lawyer and environment activist
7. Md Nahid Islam, a key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement
8. Asif Mahmud, a key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement
9. Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain, civil society member and former election commissioner
10. Supradip Chakma, chairman of the state-run Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board
11. Farida Akter, human rights activist
12. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder, famed psychiatrist and former director of National Institute of Mental Health
13. AFM Khalid Hossain, Islamic scholar and former Naib-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam
14. Nurjahan Begum, former acting managing director of Grameen Bank
15. Sharmeen Murshid, civil society activist
16. Freedom Fighter Farooq E Azam
