Two more advisers of the 17-member interim government led by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus were sworn in on Sunday.

Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office while chief adviser to the Interim Government Muhammad Yunus witnessed the ceremony at Durbar Hall of the Bangabhaban.

The two advisers who took oath are former ambassador and chairman of the Chattogram Hill Tracts Development Board Suprodip Chakma and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar.

Earlier, 13 out of 17 members of the advisers’ council of the interim government took oath on Thursday.

Another adviser freedom fighter Farooq-e Azam, Bir Pratik, could not take oath as he was outside of the capital.

However, the portfolios of the newly sworn-in advisers will be disclosed later, said an official of the cabinet division.

Cabinet secretary Md Mahbub Hossain conducted the oath-taking ceremony.

After the oath-taking ceremony, the two advisers signed the oath of secrecy.