Sheikh Hasina this time has not chosen any representatives from the Awami League allies for her new cabinet as she did previously. Leaders from like-minded parties got spot in the 1996 government, the first Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina. In the 1996 cabinet,Jatiya Party’s Anwar Hossain Manju and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal’s ASM Abdur Rab were made ministers. Water Resource Minister Anwar Hossain Manju is being replaced by Awami League leader Shahab Uddin. Contacted, Anwar Hossain Manju said that forming the cabinet is not his authority.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 06, 2019 17:47 UTC