The government on Saturday cancelled the contractual appointments of the heads of different authorities including the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha and Bangla Academy.
In an order of the Public Administration Ministry on Saturday, the appointments were cancelled.
They are Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Managing Director Abul Kalam Azad, Bangla Academy Director General Dr Harun Ur Rashid Askari, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Director General Liakat Ali Lucky, Jatiya Grantha Kendra Director Minar Monsur, and First Secretary of Bangladesh Deputy High Commission at Kolkata in India Ranjan Sen.
Besides, contracts of Smart Bangladesh Taskforce's Executive Committee's Chief Consultant Mustafizur Rahman, former senior secretary, and Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council ((BARC) Executive Chairman Dr Muhammad Sheikh Bakhtiyar were also cancelled.
The contracts of Mithila Farjzana and Aparna Rani Pal, counsellors of Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa and Asib Uddin Ahmed, second secretary to the Bangladesh Consulate General at New York, were also cancelled.
According to the notification, the cancellation is already in effect.
