BTRC gets new chairman

Iqbal Mahmud, a former telecom secretary, was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission yesterday.

He will replace Sunil Kanti Bose, whose contract will end on October 22.

Currently on leave preparatory to retirement (LPR), Mahmud will be the sixth chairman of the telecom regulator and will take charge on October 23 for three years, according to a notice.

He was made the acting secretary of the posts and telecommunications ministry in 2008 and became the secretary of the public administration ministry the following year.

Mahmud was promoted to the post of a senior secretary in 2012 while working at the Economic Relations Division.

He was made the Asian Development Bank's alternative executive director in November 2012 and went on LPR last December.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zahurul Haq was appointed the commissioner (legal and licence) of BTRC for a three-year term, according to the notice. Haq too was on LPR.