In a recent move of promotion, the government has promoted nine senior public administration officials to the rank of Secretary.
Earlier, all of the bureaucrats had been serving the onus of acting secretary or equivalent post.
In this regard, the Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification yesterday making the figure of secretary 72.
The notification reads that the Planning Commission’s acting members Humayun Khalid and Arastu Khan were made its full members while acting Liberation War Affairs secretary MA Hannan made secretary of the ministry.
Acting secretary (Coordination and Reforms) of the Cabinet Division M Nazrul Islam and acting Information and Communication Technology Division secretary Shyam Sundar Sikdar were elevated to secretaries in their respective divisions.
Acting secretary of the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division under the Planning Ministry M Shahid Ullah Khandker has been made secretary of the division while acting planning division secretary Muhammad Shafiqul Azam made secretary of the division.
Besides, acting member of the Privatisation Commission Shyamol Kanti Ghosh has been promoted to full member of the commission while acting secretary of the Anti-Corruption Commission Maksudul Hasan Khan was promoted to the designation of the Cabinet Division.
