A government gadget was circulated in this regard yesterday after the approval of the prime minister.

Sources said the promoted officials were selected from the 1973, 77, 79 and 81 batches. Forty-two of them are from administration cadre and the rest from other cadres.

As many as 81 officials had been qualified for the promotion, but 33 of them including 17 joint secretaries from the 1973 batch were not promoted.

Superior Selection Board met thrice to select the promotion list, with the last one being held yesterday.

Earlier in 2003, 97 joint secretaries were promoted as additional secretaries.

The promoted officers are Md Abu Hafiz, DG, Government Employees Welfare Board, Golam Kibria Md Nurul Amin, director, Bangladesh Forest Industry Development Corporation (BFIDC), AFM Moitur Rahman, member, land, Appeal Board, Hasan Mahmud Delwar, chairman, (BFIDC), Md Naofel Mian, MD, Freedom Fighters Welfare Trust, Ali Akbar Akhand, member, land, Appeal Board, SM Zafarullah, director, Army Land and Cantonment Directorate, Sharfuddin Ahmed, joint secretary (JS), Cabinet Division, Syed Shah Alam, member, Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation, Md Didarul Anwar, MD, National Foundation for the Disabled, Md Azizul Haq, member, Rajuk, AFM Solaiman Chowdhury, chairman, BGMC, Md Abdul Haq, DG, RDA, Bogra, Bhupendra Chandra Debnath, director, BSCIC, Kazi Md Aminul Haq, joint secretary, the labour and employment ministry, Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, joint secretary, the education ministry, Dr AKM Helaluzzaman, chairman, Rural Electrification Board, Sheikh Altaf Ali, registrar, Co-operative Directorate, Md Shafiqul Islam, joint secretary, ERD, Md Abdus Sabur, programme director, Char Livelihood Project, Bogra, Md Humayun Kabir, MD, Shadharan Bima Corporation, Md Monirul Islam, first private secretary to the prime minister, Md Abdul Matin Chowdhury, JS, the shipping ministry, Md Moslehuddin, commissioner, Rajshahi Ddivision, Sheikh Khurshid Alam, chairman, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, Md Shahabullah, JS, the civil aviation and tourism ministry, Delwar Hossain, JS, the health and family welfare ministry, Dr Md Aiyub Miyan, JS, the industries ministry, Abul hasan Md Rejaul kabir, JS, the communications ministry, Md Mohsin, JS, the home ministry, ASM Rashidul Hye, director, BSCIC, Md Alimushhan, commissioner, Dhaka, Md Sharful Alam, DG, local government, Md Wahedunnabi Chowdhury, joint secretary, Power Division, Syed Nakib Muslim, joint secretary, the agriculture ministry, Dr Mahfuzul Haq, chairman, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, CQK Mustaq Ahmed, DG, NGO Bureau, MD Shahidul Haq, joint secretary, ERD, Md Abdul Bari Khan, chairman, National Housing Authority, Badrul Alam Tarafdar, joint secretary, the establishment ministry, Md Abdul Hakim Mandal, commissioner, Sylhet Division, Md Sirajul Islam Khan, MD, Jiban Bima Corporation, Md Abu Zafar, chairman, Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation, Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain, DG, Food, Planning and Monitoring Unit, Md Abdul Aziz, JS, Finance Division, Md Shahjahan, member, Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau Authority, Dr Md Golam Mostafa Talukdar, OSD (joint secretary), the establishment ministry.