Bangladesh's caretaker government Tuesday fired four advisors in a dramatic development in the interim administration of the country.
Key advisors including Law and Information Advisor Barrister Mainul Hosein, Energy and Food Advisor Tapan Chowdhury, Health and Family Welfare Advisor Major General (retd) Dr. ASM Matiur Rahman and Industry Advisor Geeteara Safiya Chowdhury stepped down Tuesday afternoon.
The resignations came on the eve of completion of one year in office of the 11-member caretaker government headed by Chief Advisor Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, former governor of the central bank Bangladesh Bank.
Sources said the advisors submitted their resignation letters, confirming speculations about the changes in the last few days.
With the exit of four advisors, a total of five resignations from the 11-member council of advisors have taken place.
Earlier, Education Advisor Dr Ayub Quadri resigned in the wake of theft of two Paris-bound artefacts scandal on Dec. 26 last year.
The chief advisor's press secretary Syed Fahim Munaim told local media that the advisors resigned on personal grounds and the resignation letters were sent to the President office.
New advisors are likely to be sworn in by the President Wednesday, he said.
Meanwhile, key leaders of major political parties demanded disclosure of the reasons behind the resignations of the four advisors before the people.
Leaders of Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jatiya Party and pro-left Workers Party demanded immediate holding of the elections to transfer power to the elected government to overcome the crises.
Detained ex-Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina called for parliamentary polls by June-July this year to transfer power to the people's elected representatives.
The latest resignations came at a time when Fakhruddin Ahmed's government is celebrating its first anniversary of installation amid a political crisis over general election in January last year.
The incumbent caretaker government assumed office on Jan. 12, 2007 under the state of emergency imposed one day before to quell political unrest over the abortive parliamentary elections scheduled for Jan. 22.
Source:Xinhua
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