A contract appointment is generally meant to end when the
contract expires. But that was not the case for Md. Ashraful Alam,
Deputy General Manager of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. His contractual
position was converted into a permanent one—a move that appears to fall outside
the existing recruitment framework.
Ashraful Alam joined Biman on a special contractual
appointment at the age of 41. After serving an initial three-year term,
his contract was extended for another year, bringing his ag...