Altaf terms it a promotion
Staff Correspondent
New Commerce Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury yesterday termed his portfolio change a promotion, hours after the former home minister replaced Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in a third shake-up of the cabinet."Prime Minister Khaleda Zia chose me for the commerce ministry as she thinks me fit for the post," Chowdhury told the BBC Bangla Service last night. "The decision to appoint me as commerce minister has been taken for the benefit of countrymen. I will try all out to work well on the new assignment," he said. The former home minister once again claimed, "Law and order is not bad. It was worse under the previous government and the situation improved significantly after we came to power."
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