The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Government yesterday transferred chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Badiur Rahman to the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management as Secretary.

In a circular, the Ministry of Establishment said yesterday that NBR chairman Badiur Rahman, also the Secretary of the Internal Resources Division, was transferred to the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management.

Planning Commission Member Mohammad Abdul Mazid has been made the new NBR chairman, said the Establishment Ministry circular.

He was promoted to the post of Secretary on September 18.

Badiur Rahman's transfer was a much-talked-about issue for the administration and the media yesterday. He was made the NBR chairman on January 21 last.

Three other Secretaries have also been transferred, the circular said.

Dhiraj Malakar, Secretary to the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, has been transferred to the Planning Commission as Member.

AMM Nasir Uddin, Secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Division, has also been made member of the Planning Commission.

The Executive Chairman of Board of Investment (BoI), Mohammad Mohsin, has been made Secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Division.

Meanwhile, Abdul Majid, the new chairman of the NBR, said that he had got a "national duty".

"It's a national duty. I would be happy to contribute to the economy and the country," he told journalists in his instant reaction.

Asked whether he would press on with the tax collection measures taken by his predecessor, Majid said: "Let me join first. I want support from all."