Emdad Ul Bari removed before term ends, Wahid-uz-Zaman named new BTRC chairman
The remaining term of the contractual appointment of Major General (Retd) Md Emdad Ul Bari, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the country's telecom regulator, has been cancelled. Major General (Retd) Md Wahid-uz-Zaman has been appointed as the new chairman.
The information was announced on Sunday (15 November) in two separate gazette notifications issued by the Contract and Foreign Employment branch of the Ministry of Public Administration.
According to the notification signed by the ministry's Senior Assistant Secretary Al-Bashirul Islam by order of the President, Major General (Retd) Md Wahid-uz-Zaman has been appointed under Section 49 of the Government Service Act, 2018, on condition that his post-retirement leave and related benefits remain suspended and that he sever employment ties with any other profession, business, or government, semi-government or private institution or organisation.
He has been appointed on contract as a BTRC Commissioner in the Management and Administration category for one year from the date of joining, and posted as chairman. The notification said the order, issued in the public interest, takes effect immediately.
A second notification said the remaining term of Major General (Retd) Md Emdad Ul Bari, who was appointed BTRC chairman on contract through a Ministry of Public Administration notification dated 10 September 2024, stands cancelled from the date of the notification — Sunday, 15 November.
Emdad Ul Bari had been appointed BTRC chairman on 10 September 2024 for a three-year term from his joining date. On that count, his remaining term was cancelled after 2 years, 2 months and 5 days — 796 days into the appointment.
According to BTRC sources, the outgoing chairman, Major General (Retd) Md Emdad Ul Bari, had been attending a signalling-related event at Savar Cantonment since Sunday morning. The notifications cancelling his appointment and naming the new chairman were issued by the Ministry of Public Administration during that time.
