The BCS 15th-batch income tax cadre officer was appointed IRD secretary before being assigned to lead the revenue authority on deputation.
TBS Report
26 October, 2026, 11:40 pm
Last modified: 26 October, 2026, 11:45 pm
Ahsan Habib has been appointed chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on a full-term basis after serving as acting chairman for nearly four months.
The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification today (26 October) appointing him secretary of the Internal Resources Division (IRD) and assigning him to the NBR chairman's post on deputation.
A BCS 15th-batch officer from the income tax cadre, Ahsan Habib was appointed IRD secretary under the president's 10% quota.
He was previously appointed acting IRD secretary and acting NBR chairman on 29 June.
According to the notification, Ahsan Habib will have to return to his own cadre before retiring from the post of NBR chairman.
Before taking charge as NBR chairman, he served as director general of the revenue authority's Central Intelligence Cell (CIC). He is currently serving as NBR member for tax administration and human resource management.
In a separate notification, the government promoted Md Abdur Rouf, additional secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, to secretary and appointed him rector of the Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy. The rector's post carries the rank of secretary.
Meanwhile, the academy's incumbent rector, Dr Mohammad Altaf-ul-Alam, has been transferred to the post of member of the Planning Commission, which also carries the rank of secretary.