Golam Rahman made BSS chairman

The government has formed a new board of directors for Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) with Pro Vice-Chancellor of Daffodil International University (DIU) Prof Dr M Golam Rahman as its chairman.

The other directors of the board are- Abul Kalam Azad, Managing Director and Chief Editor, BSS, Joint Secretary (Press), Ministry of Information; Joint Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Tasmima Hossain, Acting Editor, the Daily Ittefaq, Rahat Khan, Advisory Editor, the Daily Bartaman; Imdadul Huq Milan, Editor, the Daily Kaler Kantha; M A Malek, Editor, the Daily Azadi, Chittagong; Alhaj Liakat Ali, Editor, the Daily Purbanchal, Khulna; and Aminul Islam Mirja, special correspondent, BSS.

The board was formed in line with the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Ordinance 1979 and will function for three years, said a notification of the Ministry of Information issued yesterday.

The order will come into effect from Sept 5, 2015, the notification added.