The government has appointed Mohammad Jasim Uddin, a longtime school friend of Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, as the new chairman of the Cox’s Bazar Development Authority (CoxDA).
His appointment was confirmed on Thursday through a notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration.
The notification, signed by the ministry’s Deputy Secretary Md Golam Rabbani and issued under the President’s directive, mentioned that Jasim Uddin will serve as chairman (Grade-2) on a one-year contractual basis under Section 5(2) of the Cox’s Bazar Development Authority Act, 2016.
According to the terms of the appointment, Jasim Uddin must resign from any professional, business, or employment ties with government, semi-government, or private organisations before assuming his new role.
Local sources said Jasim Uddin, a resident of North Mehranama in the Sadar Union of Pekua Upazila, earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and began his career at the state-owned Eastern Refinery in 1984. He retired from government service on 29 September 2020 after a long career.
Local sources said professionally and personally, Jasim Uddin is widely known as a close and longtime friend of Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed.
