Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has rejected reports about appointing Principal Coordinator for SDG Affairs Lamiya Morshed, Special Envoy for International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi, and his sister Husna Siddiqi as ambassadors, calling the claims "baseless".

He made the statement on Facebook on Saturday, in response to a report published two days earlier in the Manab Zamin newspaper that suggested the three were to be appointed ambassadors.

As discussion around the report grew, the newspaper published a follow-up story citing Lamia's comments.

Sharing the link of the second story, Shafiqul wrote: "The news published by Daily Manab Zamin is completely baseless, false and intentional."

He added, "The report, without any sou...