FIle photo of Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Odaidul Quader Dhaka TribuneThe new cabinet members paid homage to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said its 14-Party Alliance was not formed on condition of ministry position allocations to its members. “There was no such condition to hand out ministries when the coalition was formed,” he said after the newly-formed cabinet members paid homage to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32. Deeming the 14-Party Alliance a friend in need, Quader said: “They were with us in the past and misunderstandings, if there are any, will be resolved.”Earlier in the day, the newly formed cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On Monday, the newly formed cabinet was sworn in. Following Awami League’s landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary election held on December 30, 2018, Sheikh Hasina dropped 34 members from her previous administration, making way for 27 new faces.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 08, 2019 07:18 UTC