Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam has been given the charge of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting following resignation of Md Nahid Islam.
Nahid Islam resigned from the post of Information Adviser yesterday to lead a political party to be formed by the leaders of Anti Discrimination Student Movement.
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has given the charge to Mahfuj Alam.
The Cabinet Division has issued a notification in this regard today.
State security forces and Awami League men were involved in crimes against humanity during the July uprising as the security forces in some cases shot defenceless protesters from point blank range to kill them, said a United Nations (UN) report said.
"...it would appear that a significant number of the killings by State security forces and Awami League supporters would amount to the crime against humanity of murder, as set forth in Article 7 of the Rome Statute," said the recent fact-finding report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
In some cases, it said security forces shot and killed defenceless protesters from point blank range with the clear intent of killing their victims.
The Office of the OHCHR released its Fact-Finding Report titled "Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh" from its Geneva office on February 12.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres will undertake an official visit to Bangladesh from 13-16 March, his office confirmed.
The visit follows an invitation from Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, according to a press release, issued by the Bangladesh Permanent Mission in UN, received here this morning.
The invitation was handed over by Dr. Khalilur Rahman, High Representative of the Chief Adviser on the Rohingya Issue and Priority Matters, during his meeting with the Secretary-General on February 7 in New York, said the release.
The interim government adviser of the ministries for Information and Broadcasting, and Post, Telecommunications and ICT, M Nahid Islam resigned from his post today.
He submitted his resign letter to Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus.
At the same time, Nahid resigned from all the government committees, he said.
Briefing reporters in front of the State Guest House Jamuna here, Nahid Islam said, "I have submitted my resignation to the Chief Adviser."
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in the face of student-people movement on August 5 in 2024, the interim government was formed on August 8 and coordinator of the anti-discrimination students movement, Nahid Islam joined the council of advisers led by Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Nahid took charge of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.