K. M. Abdus Salam

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K. M. Abdus Salam retired civil servant and former senior secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat. [1] [2] He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. [3] He was the director general of NGO Affairs Bureau. [4]

Career

In 1989, Salam joined the Bangladesh Civil Servic as a cadre of the admin branch. [5]

Salam was the secretary of the Rajshahi City Corporation. [5] He was a director of the prime minister's office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [5]

Salam was the director general of the NGO Affairs Bureau from 2018 to 2020. [6] [7] He worked on coordination between non-government organizations working with the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. [8]

In 2021, Salam was the secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. [9] He had to ensure garment workers could work during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh and had himself caught COVID-19. [10] [11] In July 2021, he provided compensation to workers affected by the Hashem Foods factory fire. [12] [13]

On 28 July 2021, he was appointed secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat replacing Zafar Ahmed Khan. [14] [15] He was promoted to senior secretary and reappointed in his position in September 2022 on a one-year contractual appointment. [14] [16] He was a member of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments. [17] He administered the oath ceremony of members of parliament Pran Gopal Datta and Nilufar Anjum. [18] [19] He administered the oath of members of parliament Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Md Abdul Wadud, Md Ziaur Rahman, and Ragebul Ahsan. [20] He and Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, speaker of the parliament, had to declare the seat of Md. Anwarul Azim Anar vacant after he was killed in India. [21] He face complications with the process as the body of the lawmaker had not been recovered. [22] He administered the oath of Mohammad A. Arafat. [23]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League, Salam's contractual appointed as senior secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat was terminated on 15 August 2024. [24]

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  10. ↑ "Garment workers suffered 35pc pay cut during lockdown: study finds". The Daily Star. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  11. ↑ "Labour Secretary Abdus Salam tests positive for Covid-19". The Business Standard. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  12. ↑ "Narayanganj fire: Ministry of labour provides Tk 50,000 financial assistance to each injured worker". The Daily Star. 2021-07-10. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  13. ↑ "3 injured in Shezan juice factory fire receive Tk50,000 each". The Business Standard. 2021-07-10. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  14. 1 2 "List of Secretaries". Bangladesh Parliament . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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