Hasina unveils her surprise team

Wednesday, 07 January 2009

Dhaka, Jan 6 (bdnews24.com) — Prime minister Sheikh Hasina sprang surprises as she named her 31-strong team on Tuesday, dropping almost her party's entire policymaking presidium from the cabinet. In a move termed revolutionary by some in a 1000-strong audience at the Bangabhaban swearing-in, Hasina appointed Dr Dipu Moni foreign minister, and another street veteran advocate Sahara Khatun home minister.