Rokon-Ud-Doula made OSD at last
The government has stripped Rokon-Ud-Doula of his magistracy and made him an OSD (official on special duty) at the establishment ministry.
It issued a circular to that effect on Monday night, a few hours after getting the president's approval.
Rokon who rose to fame for his role in the anti-adulteration drives in the capital became subject to controversy after he called for the government to defer separation of the judiciary from the executive till 2021.
Addressing a seminar in the city on October 21 he also asked the executive magistrates to go on a work stoppage from November 1 in the event of his arrest.
The following day the establishment ministry sought the Supreme Court's permission for withdrawing him from the magistracy, and received it on October 23.
Rokon, the then metropolitan magistrate, on October 24 apologised to the chief justice, the government and others concerned for his broadside at the separation.
Meanwhile, additional secretary of the industries ministry Dr Mohammad Ayub Miah was transferred to the food and disaster management ministry as the acting secretary yesterday.
The post fell vacant after former National Board of Revenue chairman Badiur Rahman, who was appointed secretary to food and disaster management ministry on October 18, went into voluntary retirement out of resentment at the government's decision.
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