The government has appointed private secretaries to ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers of the new cabinet.
Forty-five government officials holding the rank of deputy secretary and one official with the rank of assistant secretary were appointed as private secretaries to the new ministers.
The public administration ministry issued two orders over the appointment on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.
The appointment order will be in effect as long as the ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers are in office, or as long as the ministers decide to keep their private secretaries in office.
Ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers had usually appointed private secretaries of their choice.
But this time the public administration ministry decided the appointments in keeping with a directive from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, an official said.