Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

Head

Tarique Rahman

Role

Prime Minister (chair of advisory council)

Annual budget

n/a

Staff

10

Established

2026

Legal basis

Rules of Business 1996 (as amended); Article 56(2) of the Constitution of Bangladesh (appointment of non-MP ministers at PM's discretion, not exceeding one-tenth of cabinet size); gazette notification of 24 February 2026 by the Cabinet Division allocating portfolios to 10 advisers under PM Tarique Rahman

The Advisory Council is currently navigating the challenge of balancing its role as a non-elected policy oversight body with the need to maintain public and parliamentary confidence in the post-uprising political landscape.

The 'advisory-council' slug covers the PM's 10-member political and policy advisory body constituted on 17 February 2026. This body is distinct from (1) the Yunus-era interim Advisory Council (dissolved 17 February 2026 by gazette) and (2) the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), a business-consultative body chaired by the PM from April 2026 -- PSAC has no legal status as a formal government entity (BIDA retracted a claim to the contrary). Khaleda Zia, BNP founder and former PM (died 30 December 2025), held no formal advisory role under the Tarique Rahman government; she passed away before the February 2026 election and was honoured posthumously with the Independence Award 2026 (BSS, March 2026). entity_type is set to 'parliamentary_committee' per the schema instruction; the body does not formally sit as a parliamentary committee but is the closest schema category to a high-level advisory body. established_year = 2026 reflects the current configuration; PM advisers as a practice date to earlier governments. staff_count = 10 is the number of appointed advisers; secretariat staff not publicly disaggregated. annual_budget_bdt is null: no separate budget line for the advisory council is published in the FY2025-26 national budget documents reviewed.