Staff Correspondent:

Sheikh Moinuddin and Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb have been appointed as special assistants to Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus.

The Cabinet Division issued a notification on Wednesday (March 5) stating that the chief adviser has appointed them as his special assistants with the rank of state minister.

To help the chief adviser, Sheikh Moinuddin has been attached to the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges and Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb has been attached to the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.

They will receive the rank, salary and allowances and other benefits of a state minister while serving as special assistants, reads the notice.

Initially, three special assistants to the chief adviser, had been given the responsibility of three ministries. With this, five special assistants to the chief adviser remain in charge of five ministries with the rank of state minister.

In a separate notification, newly appointed Adviser Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul (CR) Abrar has been given the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. And in a separate notification, Wahiduddin Mahmud who was previously the education adviser was given the responsibility of the Ministry of Planning.