The government has sent five secretaries and a Grade-1 officer into compulsory retirement. The Ministry of Public Administration issued separate notifications on Thursday night in this regard.
The officials sent into retirement are Kazi Enamul Hasan, Director General (Secretary) of Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board; Sukesh Kumar Sarkar, Director General (Secretary) of the National Academy for Planning and Development; Muhammad Ibrahim, Chairman (Secretary) of the Land Appeal Board; Dr Md Shahid Ullah, Rector (Secretary) of the National Academy for Development Administration, Mohammad Salah Uddin, Secretary currently attached as OSD (Officer on Special Duty).
In addition, Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation Chairman (Grade-1) Dr Lipika Bhadra has also been sent into forced retirement. They have been given compulsory retirement as per Section 45 of the Public Service Act. According to this section, if someone completes 25 years of service, the government can send them into compulsory retirement without any prior notice or explanation. The notification states that the officials will receive retirement benefits as per existing rules and regulations.
Meanwhile, the interim government has previously sent an official who became a secretary during the Awami League government into compulsory retirement.