Bangla Press Desk: In accordance with a cabinet decision, the government has renamed the ‘Ministry of Women and Children Affairs’ (Mahila o Shishu Bishayak Montronaloy) to the ‘Ministry of Women and Children Affairs’ (Nari o Shishu Bishayak Montronaloy) in Bengali. A gazette notification regarding this change was issued on Monday (October 27).
The notification states that the Bengali name of the ministry has been changed to ‘Nari o Shishu Bishayak Montronaloy’. However, the English name—‘Ministry of Women and Children Affairs’—remains unchanged.
Previously, on October 18, the cabinet approved the proposal to alter the Bengali name of the ministry. The ‘Ministry of Women’s Affairs’ was originally established on November 9, 1989. On May 5, 1994, it was renamed the ‘Ministry of Women and Children Affairs’.
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