'It's the choice of prime minister' Momen on no longer being a minister  Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, who has not been chosen in the list of the upcoming cabinet, today said being a minister was a privilege and it was solely a choice of the prime minister.   "The prime minister gave me a chance and I have done my best with sincerity, honesty and best of my ability over the last five years as a foreign minister," he told  when asked why he has been dropped from the council of ministers. 

 "It is the choice of the prime minister."  Momen spent crucial years, especially the last two, when Bangladesh came under huge scrutiny in terms of human rights, democracy, freedom of speech, as well as the global pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war that is reshaping the global geopolitical space.