Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin and Press Secretary Abu Abdullah M Saleh have been appointed as spokespersons for the Prime Minister’s Office.
The information was disclosed in a notification issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday.
According to the notification, in accordance with Rule 28(4) of the Rules of Business, 1996, Mahdi Amin and Abu Abdullah M Saleh will serve as official spokespersons for disseminating and providing official information related to the Prime Minister’s Office to the press, media, and other platforms.
Among the advisers holding the status of state minister, Mahdi is currently responsible for the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, and the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Ahead of the 13th National Parliamentary Election, Mahdi played an important role in the BNP’s central election management committee and also served as a spokesperson.
During the election period, he regularly briefed the media on the party’s positions from the party’s election office in Gulshan.
Mahdi has also contributed to various meetings, seminars, workshops, rallies, and policy initiatives related to education, training, employment, youth and women’s empowerment, and inclusive development and state reforms based on the party’s 31-point agenda.
In 2014, he became an adviser to Tarique Rahman, then senior vice chairman of BNP. In 2024, he took on responsibilities as a member of the BNP’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee and carried out various important duties before Tarique Rahman’s return to the country.
He has long been associated with socio-economic development policy initiatives in South Asia and has worked closely with the current prime minister for many years.
Meanwhile, Saleh has worked with several media organisations during his career, including the news agency UNB, the daily Manabzamin, Banglabazar Patrika, and Channel i.
He served as general secretary of the Dhaka Reporters Unity in 2004 and earlier as General Secretary of the Dhaka University Journalists’ Association in 1994. He also served as press secretary to Tarique Rahman during his tenure as acting chairman of BNP.
During the Four-Party Alliance government, he worked as first secretary (Press) at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.
Saleh has also worked closely with Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman for several decades.
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