Male-dominated ministries tell a worrying tale of gender equity

In a reshuffle in the administration, Foyez Ahmed, secretary to the medical education and family welfare division, has been made secretary to the public administration ministry.

The government promotes 193 officials to the post of joint secretaries.

Government promotes four secretaries to the rank of senior secretary.

Iqbal Mahmud, former senior secretary of public administration ministry, was appointed chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday.

The already top-heavy civil bureaucracy is set to get even heavier, as the government is going for another mass promotion to the ranks of additional, joint and deputy secretaries amid allegations of lobbying and nepotism over promotions.

Around 300 bottles of phensidyl found in a car owned by a senior assistant secretary of public administration ministry in Comilla. Law enforcers pick up the driver of Abdullah Hakkani.

Syed Ashraful Islam meets Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, hours after his appointment as the public administration minister.