Ex-IGP Nur Mohammad Youth and Sports Secy

Dhaka, Oct 23 (bdnews24.com)–The government on Tuesday appointed former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad as the Youth and Sports Secretary. A gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration said the appointment was made under the 10 percent quota of the President. It said despite the Police Cadre official's becoming Secretary, he would get honourium, salary, allowances and other benefits as per the pay structure of his previous job. He was also Bangladesh's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco. Nur Mohammad will take his new office before his post retirement leave (PRL) starts. He was appointed IGP on Jan 29, 2007 during the last army-backed caretaker government and also served the current administration until Aug 31, 2010. Mohammad belongs to the 1982 batch of BCS (police) cadre. He obtained his BA (Hons) and MA degrees in history from Dhaka University. bdnews24.com/mk/skb/bd/2123h