The government has transferred six secretary-level civil servants to new offices in a reshuffle.
Besides, leave preparatory to retirement (LPR) of Mahbub Alam, senior secretary of the Finance Division, has been cancelled and he has got a two-year extension in the same post on contractual terms.
A gazette notification of the transfer and the extension was issued by the Public Administration Ministry yesterday.
The rector of BCS Administration Academy, Md Sohrab Hossain, has been made secretary of the Education Ministry.
He was earlier a personal secretary of Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and is a lifetime member of Bangla Academy.
Land Appeal Board Chairman Dr Md Abdur Rob Howlader has been made a member of the Planning Commission while the secretary of the Primary and Mass Education Ministry, Mesbah-ul Alam, has been transferred to the land ministry as its secretary.
Member of the Planning Commission Md Humayun Khalid has been made secretary of the Primary and Mass Education Ministry.
Director General of the Department of Immigration and Passport NM Zeaul Alam has been made acting cabinet secretary (coordination) while Additional Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division Nazimuddin Chowdhury has been made the acting secretary of the same division.
This is the latest reshuffle in the civil administration which will come into effect immediately, the notification read.
In a separate order, Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Abdullah has been made the rector of BCS Administration Academy.
