The government has issued gazette notification, allocating portfolios to ten advisers appointed to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman with the status of minister and state minister.

According to the gazette, five of them will hold the status of minister and five others state minister.

Among the advisers holding the status of minister, Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed, Nazrul Islam Khan, and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed have been appointed as political advisers, while Ismail Zabiyullah has been made adviser to the ministry of public administration, and Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, adviser to ministries of finance and planning.

Among the advisers holding the status of state minister, Humayun Kabir has been assigned to the foreign ministry, disaster management and relief ministry, civil aviation and tourism ministry, while Brig Gen (retd) Shamsul Islam has been assigned the ministry of defence.

Dr. Jahedur Rahman has been made adviser to policy and strategy issues while Mahdi Amin has been made adviser to ministry of education, ministry of primary and mass education, ministry of expatriates' welfare and overseas employment and the ministry of labour and employment.

Meanwhile, Rehan Asif Asad has been made adviser to ministry of posts, telecommunications and information technology and the ministry of science and technology.