Eight districts get new DCs

The government has appointed new Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in eight districts.

The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday.

Afroza Akhtar Chowdhury, deputy chief of the Planning Department, has been made DC of Joypurhat; Afia Akhtar, zonal settlement officer of Chattogram Land Record and Survey Directorate, made DC of Rajshahi; Mohammad Zahidul Islam Miah, deputy secretary attached to the Ministry of Shipping, made DC of Rajbari, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, additional director of the Government Housing Directorate, made DC of Sirajganj; Md Toufiqul Rahman, deputy secretary of the Finance Department, made DC of Kushtia, Md Rafiqul Islam, deputy secretary of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, made DC of Dinajpur, Mohammad Ashraf Uddin, director of the Neurodevelopmental Disability Protection Trust, made DC of Shariatpur; and Asma Shaheen, deputy secretary attached to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, made DC of Natore, said the notification.