The government has appointed AZM Sajjad Hossain, chief news editor (CNE) of national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) as minister (press) at the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC.
The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification regarding his appointment Sunday.
Sajjad will serve in the position for three years as part of a contractual appointment.
He is the youngest son of former Awami League lawmaker Dr MA Kashem, who was also an organiser of Bangladesh's Liberation War in 19171.
The BSS CNE's mother Begum Hafizunnessa, who passed away today, was the president of the then Madaripur subdivision Mohila Awami League.
Sajjad, a post-graduate in mass communication and journalism from Dhaka University, was attached to the Press Wing of the Prime Minister's Office from 2011 to 2020.