Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partha has been appointed Minister for Information and Broadcasting.

The decision was announced in a gazette notification signed by Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani on Friday (August 21) night.

The notification said, “Under Rule 3(4) of the Rules of Business, 1996, the Prime Minister has distributed and reallocated the portfolios.”

It also stated that all other provisions of the gazette notifications issued on February 17, March 4, March 12 and March 25 would remain unchanged.

The order took effect immediately, according to the notification.

Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partha, the newly appointed Information and Broadcasting Minister, is the chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP). He was elected as a member of parliament from the Bhola-1 constituency in the 13th National Parliamentary Election.

Partha is the son of late Nazrul Rahman Manju, a former minister and the first elected mayor of Dhaka City Corporation.