Md Rezanur Rahman, additional secretary of the Power Division, has been appointed as the new chairman of state-owned Petrobangla, according to a notification from the Ministry of Public Administration today.

A 17th-batch officer of the BCS (administration) cadre, Rezanur had earlier served as the director general of the Anti-Corruption Commission before his posting in the power division.

The current chairman of Petrobangla, Zanendra Nath Sarker, has been reassigned as the chairman of the Bangladesh Rubber Board.