BSS-43 New cabinet secretary calls on President

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New cabinet secretary calls on President

DHAKA, Oct 31, 2019 (BSS) – New Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam
paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban here this
evening.

“During the meeting, the President congratulated new cabinet secretary for
getting the optimum capacity in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS),” President’s
Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told BSS.

The head of the state said the civil servants can play a very significant
role in the socio-economic development of the country.

President Hamid hoped that the civil servants, under his leadership, would
be able to serve more to the people and help execute different development
works of the incumbent government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The cabinet secretary sought necessary cooperation and directives from the
President in discharging his duties.

A civil servant of Bangladesh, Anwarul Islam is the country’s 22nd Cabinet
Secretary. He was senior secretary to Bridges Division of the Ministry of
Road Transport and Bridges.

Secretaries concerned to the President were present at the meeting.

BSS/ASG/SIR/RY/1924 hrs