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The Cabinet of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের মন্ত্রিসভা — Bānglādēśēr Mantrisabhā) is the chief executive body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The Cabinet is the collective decision-making body of the entire government under the Office of the Prime Minister, composed of the Prime Minister and some 31 Cabinet Ministers, 18 State Ministers and 2 Deputy Ministers.

Responsibility

Ministers of the government, according to the Constitution of Bangladesh, are selected primarily from the elected members of House of Nation, also known as Jatiya Sangsad. Cabinet Ministers are heads of government departments, mostly with the office of the "Minister of [department, e.g. Defence]". The collective co-ordinating function of the Cabinet is reinforced by the statutory position that all the Ministers jointly hold the same office, and can exercise the same powers.

The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the parliamentary system of government in traditional constitutional theory of Bangladesh. This interpretation was originally put across in the work of the Bangladesh constitution in 1972. The political and decision-making authority of the cabinet has been gradually increased over the last few decades, with some claiming its role has been usurped by a "Prime Ministerial" (i.e. more "presidential") government.

The Cabinet is the executive committee of The Prime Minister's Office, a historic body which has legislative, judicial and executive functions, and whose large membership does include member(s) of the Opposition or Coalition. Its decisions are generally implemented either under the existing powers of individual government departments, or by the Cabinet Secretary.

Council of Ministers

The most influential part of the executive of the Bangladesh government are the ministries.^[1] A ministry headed by minister or State minister (Independent Charges) shall be responsible for conducting the business of his Ministry/Division in the Parliament unless otherwise directed by the Prime Minister. The Secretary is the administrative head of a ministry or division, assisted by Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Senior Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary. Few ministries are consisted of more than one divisions.

There are four categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

Minister: member of cabinet; leads a ministry
State Minister (Independent Charges): junior minister not reporting to a cabinet minister; leads a ministry
State Minister: junior minister reporting to a cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry
Deputy Minister: most junior minister reporting to a cabinet minister or Minister of State (Independent Charges).

Cabinet Ministers

Source: ^[2]^[3]

Minister	Secretariat and Executive offices	Advisers, State Minister and Deputy Minister
Sheikh Hasina	Prime Minister Cabinet Division Ministry of Defence Armed Forces Division All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.	Advisers:^[4] Mr. H. T. Imam (Political Affairs) Dr. Mashiur Rahman (Economic Affairs) Dr. Gowher Rizvi (International Affairs) Dr. Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury (Power, Energy and Mineral Resources) Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique (Security Affairs)
— (Prime Minister in charge)	Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources Power Division Energy and Mineral Resources Division	State minister: Nasrul Hamid
Sayed Ashraful Islam	Ministry of Public Administration	State minister: Ismat Ara Sadeq
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith	Ministry of Finance	State minister: MA Mannan
Amir Hossain Amu	Ministry of Industries
Tofael Ahmed	Ministry of Commerce
Matia Chowdhury	Ministry of Agriculture
Asaduzzaman Khan	Ministry of Home Affairs
Mohammed Nasim	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	State minister: Zahid Maleque
Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development & Co-operative	State minister: Md. Mashiur Rahaman Ranga (Rural Development and Co-operatives Division)
Nurul Islam	Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
Rashed Khan Menon	Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Yafes Osman	Ministry of Science and Technology
Matior Rahaman	Ministry of Religious Affairs
Mosharraf Hossain	Ministry of Housing and Public Works
Akm Mojammel Haque	Ministry of Liberation War Affairs
Mohammed Sayedul Haque	Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock	State minister: Narayan Chandra Chan
Emaz Uddin Pramanik	Ministry of Textiles and Jute	State minister: Mirza Azam
Obaidul Quader	Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges
Hasanul Haq Inu	Ministry of Information
Anisul Islam Mahmud	Ministry of Water Resources	State minister: Muhammad Nazrul Islam
Anwar Hossain Manju	Ministry of Environment and Forest, http://www.moef.gov.bd/	Deputy minister: Abdullah Al Islam Jacob
Nurul Islam Nahid	Ministry of Education
Shahjahan Khan	Ministry of Shipping
Barrister Anisul Haque	Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury	Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief
Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	State minister: Shahriar Alam
Md. Mazibul Hoque	Ministry of Railways
Mustafa Kamal	Ministry of Planning	State minister: M. A. Mannan
Vacant	Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications & Information Technology	State minister: Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Information and Communication Technology Division) Tarana Halim (Posts and Telecommunications Division)
Mustafizur Rahman	Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Asaduzzaman Noor	Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Vacant	Ministry of Social Welfare	State minister: Promode Mankin
Shamshur Rahaman Sherif	Ministry of Land	State minister: Saifuzzaman Chowdhury
Md Qamrul Islam	Ministry of Food	State minister: Nuruzzaman Ahmed
— (State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Labour and Employment	State minister (Independent charge): Mujibul Haque Chunnu
— (State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	State minister (Independent charge): Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing
— (State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Youth and Sports	State minister (Independent charge): Biren Sikder Deputy minister: Arif Khan Joy
— (State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Women & Children Affairs	State minister (Independent charge): Meher Afroze

References

↑ http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=ministry&Itemid=152
↑ "Hon'ble Ministers". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ "Cabinet". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/b31ecc34-a004-4528-b787-5b8381741a8c/Hon'ble-Advisers-

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