2018 polls: 33 ex-DCs, now joint secretaries, made OSD

Thirtry-three joint secretaries, who were deputy commissioners during the 2018 Jatiya Sangsad polls and served as returning officers, have been made officers on special duty (OSDs).

The public administration ministry issued six separate gazette notifications in this regard today (19 February).

The order was issued in the public interest, the notifications said.

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Earlier, 12 returning officers who served in 2018 election process were also made OSD.

A Ministry of Public Administration official told The Business Standard that the government will also consider taking action against other officials who served as returning officers in the 2018 elections, including those who held positions such as divisional commissioner, superintendent of police, and officer-in-charge.

The officials placed on OSD today include Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Director (joint secretary) Kabir Mahmud, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited Director (joint secretary) Md Mahmudul Alam, Barisal Technical Education Directorate Regional Director (joint secretary) Hayat-Ud-Dowllah Khan, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation Member-Director (joint secretary) Md Abul Fazal Mir, Bangladesh Safe Food Authority Member-Director (joint secretary) Moinul Islam, Md Wahiduzzaman, member of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Food (attached) AKM Mamunur Rashid, Joint Secretary of the Internal Resources Division (attached) SM Abdul Kader, Dr KM Kamruzzaman Selim, Member of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping, Kazi Abu Taher, Director of the Directorate of Technical Education Md Mizanur Rahman, Member of Rajuk Mohammad Abdul Ahad, Cabinet Division Joint Secretary (attached) Anar Kali Mahbub, Member of the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission Syeda Farhana Kawnine, Member of the Bangladesh Safe Food Authority Mahmudul Kabir Murad, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Mohammed Daudul Islam, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Industries Md Mazedur Rahman khan, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment EZM Nurul Haque, Director of the Bangladesh Rubber Board SM Azizur Rahman, Secretary of Dhaka North City Corporation Mohammed Masud Alam Siddique, Joint Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division Gopal Chandra Dash, Director (Joint Secretary) of the Disaster Management Directorate, Md. Motiul Islam Chowdhury, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Dr Sabina Yasmin, Director of the Directorate of Primary Education, Dr Md Ataul Goni, Joint Secretary (attached) of the Ministry of Social Welfare Abu Ali Md Sajjad Hossain, Minister (labour), Local Government Division (joint secretary) M Kazi Emdadul Islam, Joint Secretary (attached) of the Ministry of Shipping SM Mostafa Kamal, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Anjan Chandra Pal, Joint Chief (attached) of the Planning Division Sultana Parvin, Project Director (joint secretary) of the flyover project from Mithamain Upazila Sadar in Kishoreganj to Morichkhali in Karimganj Upazila Md Sarwar Murshed Chowdhury, Executive Secretary of the National Social Welfare Council Md Shahidul Islam, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs Mohammad Helal Hossain and Joint Secretary (executive director, under the order of substitution as per the Physical Disabled Welfare Trust) of the Financial Institutions Division Md Ali Akbar.