Bangladesh's interim government of Muhammad Yunus on Thursday made a change to the top-level bureaucracy in the foreign ministry assigning a senior diplomat to temporarily discharge routine duties saying foreign secretary Jashim Uddin relinquished his responsibilities.

'A decision has been made that until further order, M Ruhul Alam Siddique will discharge the routine tasks of foreign secretary against the backdrop of foreign secretary Jashim Uddin's relinquishment of responsibilities,' read a foreign ministry office order.