Five additional secretaries, who were forced to resign during the Awami League government, were appointed as secretaries yesterday on a contractual basis.
The new administration, which took charge after the student-led uprising earlier this month, also terminated several top officials who had been appointed contractually by the ousted Sheikh Hasina administration.
All the newly-appointed secretaries are from the 1982 batch (regular) of the admin cadre, said sources in the public administration.
The Ministry of Public Administration issued circulars on these appointments.
Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen has been appointed secretary to the Public Security Division under the home ministry.
Md Mokabbir Hossain, who was appointed as the senior secretary to the division just three days ago, was transferred to the science and technology ministry.
Dr Momen had reportedly been sent on compulsory retirement on June 6, 2013, after he completed 25 years in service. The was made to retire while being on special duty (OSD), which is seen in the civil service as a punishment.
Meanwhile, Dr Abdur Rashid was appointed secretary to the education ministry. He stood first in the 1982 Bangladesh Civil Service exams, Public administration ministry sources said.
A former additional home secretary, he had been OSD for nearly seven years.
Meanwhile, Ehsanul Karim was made the secretary to the Road Transport and Highways Division.
Ehsanul was private secretary to Fakhruddin Ahmed, former chief adviser to the 2007-’08 caretaker government.
Ajmol Hossain Azad has been appointed as the secretary to the railways ministry while Nasimul Gani has been given the responsibility of the President’s Office (Public Division).
Nasimul, a former private secretary to former Speaker and BNP leader Jamiruddin Sircar, was forced to retire on May 29, 2013. Before that, he had been OSD since the AL government came to power.
Meanwhile, the contractual appointment of Wahidul Islam Khan, secretary, (Public Division), President’s Office, Bangabhaban, has been terminated.
The directors general of the Bangla Academy and the Shilpakala Academy also lost their contractual appointments.
The government also scrapped the contractual appointments of at least four officials at the foreign ministry.
