Five retired additional secretaries appointed as secretaries

Five retired additional secretaries have been brought back and appointed secretaries on a contractual basis, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Saturday.
They have been appointed on contract for a period of two years from the date of joining subject to severance of working relationship with other institutions and organisations, said the notification, reports UNB.
Dr. Sheikh Abdur Rashid has been made Secretary of Secondary and Higher Education Department while Md Ehchanul Haque has been made Secretary of Road Transport and Highways Department.
Besides, Dr. Mohammad Abdul Momen has been appointed as Secretary of the Public Security Department of the Home Ministry, Dr. Nasimul Gani as Secretary of the Public Department of the President's Office and MA Akmal Hossain Azad as Secretary of the Railway Ministry.
The interim government that took over after the fall of the Awami League government recently cancelled the contractual appointments of the secretaries of these ministries and transferred some to other ministries, according to the notification.