Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- President Mohammed Shahabuddin has accepted the resignation letter of adviser Nahid Islam who stepped down from his position on Tuesday.

A gazette notification, signed by Md Mahmdul Hossain Khan, secretary (coordination and reform) to the routine duty of the Cabinet Secretary, was issued on Wednesday.

The resignation will come into force soon, the notification reads.

Amid the speculations in joining a new political party, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Information Adviser Nahid resigned on Tuesday.

He submitted the resignation letter to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna.

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