The government on Tuesday appointed Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid as the Cabinet Secretary for the next two years on a contractual basis.
A gazette notification, signed by Nilufa Yeasmin, senior assistant secretary of Contract and Foreign Employment Section of the Ministry of Public Administration, was issued in this regard.
His two-year service will be counted from October 14 or the day when he will join, the notification says.
Dr Rashid was appointed following section-49 of the Public Service Act-2018, the release added.