UNB, Dhaka

Information Secretary Abu Karim was yesterday sent on forced retirement a day after the filing of a case against him for his allegorical writing allegedly disparaging a political family.
“The government has sent the Information Secretary on compulsory retirement in public interest as per section 9(2) of the Public Servants (Retirement) Act 1974 on completion of his 25 years in service,” a government notification said on Monday. The information Secretary was Sunday sued by the Awami Ulema League chief on charge of writing some derogatory words in his (Karim’s) book criticizing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib and his family members. [Read more]