According to a circular issued by the establishment ministry, AKM Samsuddin, secretary of the women and children affairs ministry, has been transferred to the primary and mass education ministry, while Mohammad Abdul Haque, secretary of the primary and mass education ministry, to the women and children affairs ministry.

Md Azizul Islam, member, Privatisation Commission, has been transferred as member of the planning ministry, Sayed Ataur Rahman, director general, BCS Administration Academy, as member of Privatisation Commission and Bhupendra Chandra Debnath, member, Planning Commission, as director general of BCS Administration Academy.

UNB adds: Of the six additional secretaries, Sheikh Altaf Ali of Cooperatives Department has been transferred to information ministry, while Major M Masud of information made DG of Niport.

M Shafiqul Islam of the establishment ministry has been made DG of the Planning and Development Academy, ASM Rashidul Hai of Fisheries Development Corporation made Chairman of BCIC, M Hahibullah Majumder of Land Reform Board made chairman of REB and Dr M Golam Mostafa Talukder of Planning and Development Academy made chairman of BADC.

Of the joint secretaries, 25 were transferred on deputation, according to a notification of the establishment ministry.

M Mushfiqur Rahman, civil aviation and tourism ministry, has been transferred to ERD, M Nurunnabi Talukdar of establishment to home affairs, Akhter Ahmed of home affairs to housing and public works, M Nazrul Islam Khan of establishment to education, MA Akmal Hossain Azad of establishment to rural development and cooperatives department, Mohammad Iqbal of establishment to housing and public works, M Ibadat Ali of Administrative Appellate Tribunal to defence ministry, M Shamsul Alam Khan of housing and public works to science and ICT, Mesbahul Alam of science and ICT to civil aviation and tourism and M Humayun Khaled of BPC to education ministry.

The joint secretaries, who were transferred on deputation: Mridula Bhattacharjee of the establishment ministry has been made DG of the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB), AKM Jahangir of Finance Division made DG of Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Bhuiyan Safiqul Islam of the establishment ministry made DG of Jute Department and Fakhrul Islam of establishment made director of Bangladesh Tourism Corporation.

M Abdul Bari, divisional commissioner of Dhaka, has been made executive director of the National Nutrition Programme (NNP), while Ahmed Hossain Khan of the establishment ministry transferred as Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner in Cox's Bazar.

Mezbah Uddin of the establishment ministry has been made Registrar of Patent, Design and Trademarks Department, while Muhammad Nazrul Islam, DG of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (Bard) in Comilla, made DG of Youth Development Department. M Quamrul Islam, project director of Palli Progati Project, has been made DG of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (Bard) in Comilla.

Ranjit Kumar Chakraborty of the establishment ministry has been transferred as director of BIWTC. Ayesha Begum of the same ministry has been made director of BIWTC.

M Ahmed Hossain of the establishment ministry has been transferred as member of Administrative Appeal Tribunal. Mobasshera Begum of the establishment ministry has been Transferred as director of Privatisation Commission, while M Shamsul Huda of the same ministry as director of Privatization Commission.

M Rafiqul Islam, former deputy commissioner of Patuakhali district, has been made member of Bangladesh Tariff Commission.

M Abdul Quddus of the establishment ministry has been made member of BCSIR. Sunil Kanti Bose, member of BIWTA, has been elevated to chairman of BIWTA, M Moinul Huq, ex-DC of Kushtia, made member of BIWTA, MM Iftekhar-e-Alam, DG of Jute Department, made chairman of BRTC, M Abidur Rahman of establishment made registrar of Cooperatives Department, Sharif Tayebur Rahman of establishment made member of Land Reform Board, Qamrul Hasan of Rural Development and Cooperatives Department made DG of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Shah M Monsurul Huq of establishment made member of Bangladesh Land Port Authority, M Enamul Huq of SPARSO made Project Director of Palli Pragaoti Prakalpo and Monwara Begum of establishment made director of Bangladesh Tourism Corporation.