Land secretary Shafiul Alam new cabinet secretary

The government has appointed land ministry secretary Shafiul Alam as the cabinet secretary, reports UNB news agency.
The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday.
Shafiul Alam will replace M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan who has been appointed Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank (WB).
A circular issued by the public administration ministry on Sunday said Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan has been made the WB Alternate Executive Director for a period from 15 December 2015 to 31 October 2018 on contractual basis.
Earlier, another circular of the ministry said Musharraf Hossain will go on retirement on 14 December this year.

He will enjoy a one-year ‘Post Retirement Leave’ from the time of his retirement.

Musharraf Hossain was made cabinet secretary on 3 October 2011. He was the 20th cabinet secretary of the government.