Published : 04 Sep 2024, 04:12 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 11:50 AM
Twenty-four officials, who were appointed on contract in departments and organisations by the ousted Awami League government, have had their contracts terminated in a single notice.
On Tuesday, a notification from the Ministry of Public Administration announced the cancellation of the contracts, effective immediately.
The notification, signed by Deputy Secretary Kaniz Fatema on behalf of the president, read: "As per the terms of the agreement with the government, the remaining duration of the contractual appointments of the following officials is hereby cancelled."
Among those who lost their jobs are:
- Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany
- Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, Director General of the National Museum of Science and Technology
- Syed Zahurul Islam, Project Director of the initial infrastructure construction of the Sheikh Hasina Institute of Frontier Technology
Others include:
- Syed Belal Hossain of the Public Division of the President's Office
- Sheikh Riaz Ahmed, Commissioner of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, or BTRC
- Md Fazlul Bari, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Iraq
- Ashok Kumar Debnath, Secretary of the Election Commission
- Md Delwar Hossain, Commissioner (Management and Administration) of BTRC
- Syeda Sarwar Jahan, Chairperson of the Bangladesh Rubber Board
- Md Aftab Uddin Talukdar, Project Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
- Md Mansurul Alam, Project Director of EC4J
- Mohsina Yasmin, Member of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, BIDA
- Zubaida Nasreen, Secretary of the Information Commission
- Md Kamruzzaman, Director General of the National Museum
- Shahabuddin Ahmed, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan
- GSM Zafrullah, Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority
- Sarwar Mahmud, Chairman of the National River Protection Commission
- Uttam Kumar Das, Additional Director General of the Directorate of Primary Education
- Satyendra Kumar Sarkar, Member of the National River Protection Commission
- Shyamal Chandra Karmakar, Secretary of the Bangladesh Press Council
- Kofil Uddin, Project Director of the National Digital Land Zoning Project
- Zahurul Haque, Project Director of the Digital Land Management System
- AFM Hayatullah, Executive Director of Kabi Nazrul Institute
- Borhanul Haque, Director General of the Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Academy
Since the interim government took over following the change of power, various government and non-government institutions and organisations have been undergoing transfers and cancellations of appointments.
In some cases, officials are resigning voluntarily.
