Siddqui, Palak to run unified ministry

Zunaid Ahmed Palak, who was the state minister for the abolished information and communication technology ministry, has been charged with the information and communication technology division, a government handout said on Tuesday.

Siddiqui was named the minister for both post and telecom ministry and the ICT ministry in Awami League’s new cabinet. On Monday, the government merged the two into the post, telecommunications and information technology ministry.

The new ministry has two divisions: Posts and Telecommunications Division and the Information and Communication Technology Division.

The handout said the Prime Minister had reassigned the ministers in her powers under the Rules of Business. It also said Palak would carry out the parliamentary duties in absence of Siddiqui and State Minsiter for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman.

The science, information and communication technology ministry was split in two ministries — science and technology and ICT — during the Awami league’s last government.

Source: Bd news24