Businesspeople continue to dominate the council of ministers as almost half of its new members are involved in business, according to their affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.

It was around 1:30pm. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon was briefing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the activities of the national flag carrier Biman after the weekly cabinet meeting at the PMO yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expanded her cabinet, inducting three new faces into it and promoting a state minister to a full minister.