Shafiqul Alam, Bangladesh bureau chief at Agence France-Presse news agency, has been appointed as press secretary to the interim government鈥檚 chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus with the status of a secretary on a contractual basis.
The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification to this end on Tuesday night.
The notification mentioned that Shafiqul would remain in office for the duration of the chief adviser鈥檚 term or subject to his satisfaction from the date of his joining.
He will get a fixed salary of Tk聽78,000 and other benefits as well.
The order was issued in the public interest, reads the notice.
