Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- The interim government has appointed Md. Ehsanul Hoque as the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration.

Earlier, he had been serving as Senior Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division on a contractual basis.

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification on Sunday confirming the appointment, signed by Samiul Amin, Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry's Senior Appointment-1 section.

The post of Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration had remained vacant for nearly three weeks after the transfer of Senior Secretary Mokhlesur Rahman on September 21, reports BSS.

Following the student-people's mass uprising, the interim government had appointed Mokhlesur...