There has not been any change yet also in the top posts at the External Affairs Division of the foreign ministry, Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB), Directorate of Film and Publication (DFP), and Principal Information Officer (PIO). Most of the top brass of these important state organs has been appointed politically in the last five years of the alliance rule.

Sources said though the senior officials of the state-owned Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television have reputation for unflinching loyalty to BNP and Jamaat, the caretaker administration of President Iajuddin Ahmed has yet to take any step to correct the situation.

All political parties except BNP and its allies have already demanded that the chief adviser bring the state-owned media to a neutral ground by cancelling the controversial appointments.

Both the institutions have failed to perform neutrally in the last two days, allege the leaders of Awami League (AL) led 14-party combine.

During a meeting with Chief Adviser Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday, the leaders of newly launched Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) also demanded that the president dismiss the officials who had been selected for the key positions at BTV and Betar merely for their affiliations with the four-party alliance.

Surprisingly, Press Secretary to the president Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury who was a senior journalist of BNP mouthpiece daily Dinkal is still continuing in his post.

The LDP leaders yesterday asked the president to remove Mokhlesur as they feared he might seek to disclose the plans and moves of the chief adviser to the immediate past ruling party as 'someone closely affiliated' with Dinkal, which is published by Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP Tarique Rahman.

Sources said just a few days before completion of its term in office, the alliance government appointed Abdul Hye Siddique as Director General of PIB. Hye, a pro-BNP journalist, has been trying to get the party nomination for the next general election.

Despite his overt political activities, he has yet not got the axe.

Meanwhile, M Muhaddes, who was appointed PIO, a vital post under the information ministry, by the BNP government, is still in service.

The 14-party combine has already called Iajuddin for ensuring neutrality of the Press Information Department (PID). They said they believe the department could help the caretaker administration in free and fair conduct of the upcoming election by playing a robust and impartial role.

Besides, Zahirul Haque, director general of External Affairs Division, is going on with his contract-base job. Known as a staunch BNP supporter among the journalist community, he was made the DG at the very beginning of the coalition rule.

The caretaker government has not made any change also to the top posts of National Museum, Jatiya Grantha Kendra, Public Library, Bangla Academy and some other important institutions.

The BNP-Jamaat government had given wholesale political appointments to the posts.