Dhaka Wasa gets new chairman

Prof Sujit Kumar Bala has been appointed as the new chairman of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) board.

He will succeed former Dhaka Wasa chairman Dr Golam Mostafa, according to a circular issued today signed by Md Akbar Hossain, deputy secretary of Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Co-operatives.

The order will come into effect immediately.