The council of advisers of interim government expanded again yesterday with three more taking oath as advisers. The new advisers are Mahfuj Alam, special assistant to the chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, businessman Sk Bashir Uddin and renowned filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.
Mahfuj Alam held the position of special assistant to the Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus since August 29. A student of the 2015-16 session of Dhaka University's Law Department, Mahfuj is a coordinator of the liaison committee of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement that spearheaded the movement that toppled the Awami League-led government.
On September 24, at an event on the sidelines of the UN general assembly, Prof Yunus introduced Mahfuj as the brains behind the uprising. Mahfuj has repeatedly denied it saying he was one of many who took part in the mass uprising.
Sk Bashir Uddin is the managing director of Akij Bashir Group, one of the leading industrial conglomerates in the country. He is the son of Sheikh Akij Uddin.
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is a renowned filmmaker. Over the decades, he has become a familiar face by making films and plays.
The expansion of the Council of Advisers came after different quarters suggested expanding it to bring dynamism to the government's activities.
With the three, the interim government has now 24 advisers.
Thirteen advisers of the interim government, led by Prof Muhammad Yunus, took office on August 8 after Awami League President Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country on August 5.
Two more advisers took oath on August 11. Another adviser took oath on August 13 and four more on August 16.
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