DHAKA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League (AL) party Hasan Mahmud, who served as the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the last cabinet, has been named the country's new foreign minister.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the appointment hours after President Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu administered the oath of office to the country's new cabinet members on Thursday.
Mahmud who replaced AK Abdul Momen was the minister of environment, forest and climate change from 2009-2014. ■
