Nasimul Gani is the Secretary of the Public Department of the President's Office of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.[1][2] He is the former private secretary of the speaker of the parliament Jamiruddin Sircar.[3]
Career
editGani met Syed Golam Mowla and Kawsar Shahnewaz in the 1980s.[4] The trio opened the first office of Hizb-ut Tahrir in Bangladesh in 2000.[4][5] Mohiuddin Ahmed was the chief coordinator of the organization in Dhaka.[4]
In January 2007, Gani was transferred to the post of Director General of the National Institute of Population Research and Training from secretary to the President of Bangladesh.[6]
Gani was the private secretary of Jamiruddin Sircar, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and speaker of the parliament.[3] In 2009, he was the Director General of the National Institute of Population Research and Training.[7] He was made an officer of special duty in 2009 after Awami League came to power along with M. A. Akmal Hossain Azad, secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.[7] He was sent to retirement on 29 May 2013.[3]
Gani was appointed Secretary of the Public Department of President Mohammed Shahabuddin's Office on 18 August 2024 after the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government fell.[8] At the same time four others were made contractual secretaries, Sheikh Abdur Rashid in the Secondary and Higher Education Division, Ehchanul Haque in Roads and Highways Department, Mohammad Abdul Momen in Public Security Division, and M. A. Akmal Hossain Azad in Ministry of Railway.[8] Gazi replaced Wahidul Islam Khan who was terminated from his position.[3]
References
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- ^ UNB (2024-08-18). "5 retired addl secretaries brought back, appointed secretaries". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ a b c d "Five secys appointed on contract". The Daily Star. 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ a b c Halder, Chaitanya Chandra; Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (2016-09-28). "Tahrir 'chief' indicted". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
Syed Golam Mowla, then a lecturer of management at the DU, went to the UK in late 80s to do PhD and he was there introduced to two Bangladeshis -- Nasimul Gani and Kawsar Shahnewaz.
- ^ Ali, Anwar; Rajshahi (2008-09-19). "Hizb ut-Tahrir leaders held over 'militancy'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "President's PS Gani sent on deputation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ a b "More shake-up in admin". The Daily Star. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ a b "Five retired additional secretaries appointed as secretaries". The Financial Express. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.