Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- The Information Commission Bangladesh has a woman at the helm for the first time, nearly two decades after it began work.

The government appointed Prof Nahreen Islam Khan of the Department of Geography and Environment at Jahangirnagar University to the post on Saturday.

Six people have served as chief information commissioner and eight as commissioner before her.

Four women have held the commissioner post, but none had led the commission until now.

Nahreen is best known as a media personality seen as close to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in newspapers and on television.

She has also taken part in meetings between the prime minister and business representatives as a media personality, and has been seen expl...