4 more advisers to interim govt sworn in

Four more advisers to the interim government, led by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, were sworn in at the Bangabhaban on Friday.

The new advisers are Wahiduddin Mahmud, an economist who was an adviser to the 1996 caretaker government, Ali Imam Majumdar, former cabinet secretary who was appointed as special assistant to this interim government's chief adviser on August 12, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, former power secretary, and Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oaths to the advisers.

With the new members, the members in the interim government's advisory council rose to 21.