All six ministers and two state ministers are lawmakers from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Bangladesh Awami League-led alliance.

Former prime minister Khaleda Zia's BNP and its 17 allies have rejected Hasina's all-party interim cabinet proposal.

Khaleda has asked Hasina to bring back a non-party caretaker system, or else the opposition won't participate in the next election because it fears an election without the non-party caretaker government will not be free and fair.

At the cabinet meeting Nov 5, all ministers reportedly decided to resign in the next seven days to pave the way for the formation of the all-party interim government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.