Senior Secretary to the Bridges Division Khandker Anwarul Islam will be appointed as the new cabinet secretary, says Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.
The minister was briefing the media after a Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Wednesday (Aug 28) in Dhaka.
Kamal said Islam will replace incumbent Secretary Mohammad Shaiful Alam.
Alam will be appointed as the alternative executive director of the World Bank after his tenure ends in October, he added.

Anwarul Islam joined Bridges Division under the road transport and bridges minister as a Secretary (in-charge) on 13 November 2011. He was promoted to the post of Secretary on 31 January 2013 and to the post of Senior Secretary on 13 July 2017. 

He is also the ex-officio executive director of Bangladesh Bridge Authority. Prior to this posting, he had worked in the Cabinet Division as an additional secretary.

He joined the Civil Service in 1983 and worked in various capacities both at the field and central level. He worked as upazila magistrate, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO), additional deputy commissioner and deputy commissioner in-charge in the field administration. 

Islam also served as a director and also a secretary in National Sports Council, a senior assistant secretary and deputy secretary at the parliament secretariat, as a director in the department of Relief and Rehabilitation. 

He has experience in various development projects funded by the World Bank, UNFPA, ADB, CIDA, DGIS, UNDP and other development partners as DD, DPD, Project Director and National Project Director.

Islam earned his honours and masters in Social Welfare from University of Dhaka. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in Development Planning. 

He successfully completed a number of foreign training in project management, HRD Skills for Functional Managers, Private Sector Seed Management etc.

He is married to Kamrun Nahar, who is also a secretary and currently in charge of women and children’s affairs.