Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has added three more advisers when businessman Sheikh Bashir Uddin, film director Mustafa Sarwar Farooqui and special assistant to the chief adviser Mahfuj Alam took oath on Sunday evening.
They took oath at Bangabhaban at around 7:30 pm on Sunday (November 10). President Md. Shahabuddin administered their oath.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government, was present at the time.
Seikh Bashir Uddin is the managing director of Akij Group, one of the country's largest business organizations. He is the son of Sheikh Akij Uddin.
Internationally renowned filmmaker Mustafa Sarwar Farooqui has always criticized the wrongdoings of the previous government. Not only that, he was by the side of the student movement from the very beginning. Even after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, he gave various suggestions on his Facebook page. As a result, rumors of his becoming an advisor were being heard for quite some time. Finally, those rumors came true.
Md. Mahfuz Alam was the coordinator of the Liaison Committee of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. His home is in Isapur village of Ramganj upazila of Lakshmipur upazila. He studied at Dhaka University. He is a student of the 2015-16 academic year of the Law Department of Dhaka University. He is also known on campus as the theoretical leader of the student organization Ganatantrik Chattra Shakti.
After the student-public uprising, an interim government was formed on August 8 led by Nobel laureate Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. The 21-member Advisory Council has already been in office for three months. Many of them are fulfilling the responsibilities of multiple important ministries. Politicians often complain that one person is simultaneously fulfilling the responsibilities of several ministries, which is causing delays in the government's work. Therefore, they have also demanded to expand the scope of the Advisory Council.