Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Zahir Uddin Swapon, former information minister, has joined as political adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

He submitted his joining letter to the prime minister at the Prime Minister's Office in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday afternoon.

Earlier, he resigned from the post of information minister on Friday.

The following day, Saturday, the Cabinet Division issued a notification appointing him as the prime minister's political adviser with the status of a minister.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....