Ihsanul Karim gets another 2-yr extension as PM’s Press Secretary
Ihsanul Karim has got another extension as Press Secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in continuation of the previous agreement and under similar terms.
The re-appointment will be effective from 18 June 2022 for the next two years, reads a gadget notification of the Ministry of Public Administration published on Sunday.
The appointed post will be equivalent to a government secretary rank, and so is the pay scale agreement under contract-based recruitment.
Ihsanul Karim, former press secretary to the President, was first appointed as the Press Secretary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 15 June 2015 and then he got a three-year extension twice - on 16 June 2016 and 18 June 2019. Earlier, he was the Managing Director and Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).