Major reshuffle in secretary-level administration

The government has reshuffled secretary-level posts, transferring, promoting and attaching 10 officials to different ministries and government bodies through separate notifications issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Sunday (October 18).

Under the changes, Shipping Ministry Secretary Zakaria has been appointed chairman of the National River Conservation Commission, while Commerce Ministry Secretary Md Ataur Rahman Khan has been transferred to the Shipping Ministry.

Textiles and Jute Ministry Secretary Sharaf Uddin Ahmed has been appointed commerce secretary, while Commerce Ministry Additional Secretary Ayesha Akter has been promoted to secretary and assigned to the Textiles and Jute Ministry.

Dr Md Kamruzzaman, rector of the National Development Administration Academy (NADA), has been appointed secretary of the Posts and Telecommunications Division. The division's outgoing secretary, Bilkis Jahan, has been appointed a member of the Planning Commission.

Youth and Sports Ministry Secretary Md Mahbub-ul-Alam has been attached to the Ministry of Public Administration, while Additional Secretary Mahfuzul Alam Khan has been appointed acting secretary of the Youth and Sports Ministry.

Meanwhile, Liberation War Affairs Ministry Secretary Md Ashraful Islam has been appointed rector of NADA. Md Abul Hasanat Humayun Kabir, director general of the Department of Land Records and Surveys, has been appointed acting secretary of the Liberation War Affairs Ministry.