Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar, a former professor of international relations at Dhaka University who is popularly known as CR Abrar, is set to take an oath of office as an adviser to the interim government, reports bdnews24.com.
He will be sworn in at the Bangabhaban at 11am today (Wednesday). The Bangabhaban has already begun preparing for the swearing-in ceremony.
Abrar will take charge of the Ministry of Education, according to Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the Chief Adviser (CA).
Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud is in charge of both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Planning. The CA will reshuffle the duties once Abrar is sworn in.
Abrar is the executive director of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), a private research organisation. Abrar also served as the president of human rights organisation "Odhikar" at one time.
He was also a member of the search panel that recommended names for the Election Commission late last year after the changeover in power.
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