Dhaka, Jan. 3 -- ABM Abdus Sattar has been appointed as personal secretary to BNP leader Tarique Rahman.

Sattar previously served in the same role for Tarique's mother, the BNP's late chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The party also said AAM Saleh, better known as Saleh Shibli, has been named press secretary to Tarique.

The appointments were announced in a party statement on Saturday.

The party said both Sattar, a former government secretary, and Saleh are also members of the BNP's central election steering committee.

Saleh previously worked as first secretary (press) at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata during the tenure of the BNP-led four-party coalition government.

He has also worked as a reporter for the news agency UNB, ...