Dhaka //

The government has appointed interim government advisor Md. Mahfuz Alam as the advisor to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The appointment was made in a notification signed by Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) Zaheda Parveen, who is assigned the routine duties of the Cabinet Secretary, on Wednesday (February 26) by the President.

Information advisor Nahid Islam resigned from the advisory council on Tuesday. Nahid Islam served as the spokesperson of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during the anti-quota movement.

A new political party is scheduled to be launched on February 28. The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens Committee are forming a new political party. Nahid Islam will lead this party. That is why he has resigned from the post of advisor.

It is worth noting that Mahfuz Alam was sworn in as an advisor on November 10 last year. However, he was not in charge of any ministry.

Earlier, he was appointed as the special assistant to the chief advisor on August 28, 20 days after the formation of the interim government.

Mahfuz Alam graduated from the Law Department of Dhaka University. He played an important role in the anti-Hasina government movement, which fell under the banner of the anti-discrimination student movement.

At a program in the United States, the chief advisor introduced him as the ‘mastermind’ of this movement. He was the coordinator of the liaison committee to maintain communication between students, citizens and the interim government after the mass uprising.

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