Aminul Ahsan, chairman of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), has been made a Special Officer on Duty (OSD) at the Ministry of Public Administration.
A government notification, signed by Jeti Pru, Senior Assistant Secretary of the Senior Appointment-1 Branch of the Ministry, was issued on Thursday night (29 January), placing Aminul Ahsan on OSD. The official reason for the appointment has not been disclosed.
In recent months, Aminul Ahsan faced criticism during his tenure as BPC chairman. He was reportedly accused of frequently working from the Dhaka Liaison Office in violation of government directives, failing to act against attempts to steal fuel by tampering with the Chattogram-Dhaka energy pipeline and at the Godnail-Fatulla depot, neglecting action against certain officials of Meghna Petroleum and Jamuna Oil who were absent from office but continued to receive salaries, irregularities in recruitment and promotions, and failing to implement new BPC projects effectively.
Aminul Ahsan joined BPC as chairman on 13 April 2024, after being promoted to secretary under the administration of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Following the fall of the Hasina government on 5 August 2024, most key government positions were reshuffled. While many officials from the Hasina era were made OSD, Aminul Ahsan had remained in his post until now. His appointment as a Special Officer on Duty comes as a sudden and unexpected development.