Md Amin Ul Ahsan, additional secretary of the Cabinet Division, has been promoted to the post of Secretary and appointed as the new chairman of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).

Ahsan’s appointment will come into effect from April 13, said a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on March 31.

He will replace existing chairman ABM Azad, also a secretary of the government, who will go on retirement on April 9, official sources said.    

Azad has been serving as the BPC chairman since 2021.