Govt removes nine secretaries in major administrative reshuffle

The sweeping move marks the first major bureaucratic shake-up in the BNP-led government’s opening week

Nine secretaries and senior secretaries have lost their jobs after the government removed three others from their posts in a sweeping administrative shake-up.

The BNP-led government cancelled the remaining contract terms of the officials, all of whom had been appointed on contractual arrangements during the tenure of the interim government.

The move marks the first major bureaucratic overhaul in the administration during the new government’s first week in office following the national election.

In two phases on Monday, a total of 12 secretaries were removed from their posts, though no new appointments have yet been made to fill the vacancies.

Separate orders issued on Monday evening first reassigned three secretaries to the Ministry of Public Administration.

At night, the government cancelled the remaining contractual terms of nine others.

The officials whose contracts were terminated are:

Md Saidur Rahman, secretary of the Health Services Division

Shish Haider Chowdhury, secretary of the Information and Communication Technology Division

Mokhlesh-Ur-Rahman, member of the Planning Commission (senior secretary)

MA Akmall Hossain Azad, senior secretary

Quayyum Ara Begum, secretary

Begum Sharifa Khan, alternate executive director at the World Bank

Mohammed Yousuf, senior secretary of the Land Appeal Board

Mamtaz Ahmed, senior secretary of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

Siddique Zobair, director general of the National Academy for Planning and Development