The government has appointed former secretary Md Nazrul Islam Khan (N I Khan) as Chairman of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) for the next six months.
The Labour and Employment Ministry has also appointed 16 members and a member secretary to the Commission.
In a circular the Labour and Employment Ministry said the appointment has been given for six months but the government can extend it.
Former education secretary Khan retired on November 30 last year. He has been the curator of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum since March this year.
The former bureaucrat has also been appointed as a director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
In November last year the labour ministry took decision to form National Wages and Productivity Commission-2015 to increase wages of the state-owned enterprises workers to match with the recent pay hikes of the government employees.
