Four-Day Annual Conference Of DCs Begins Tomorrow

A four-day annual conference of Deputy Commissioners (DCs) will begin in the city tomorrow. "Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the four-day conference at Shapla Hall of her office at 10:30am tomorrow," Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain told a press conference at the Secretariat here today.

After the inaugural function, the DCs will take part in an open-discussion with the Premier at Karabi Hall at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), according to the programme schedule. Subsequent working sessions of the conference will take place at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium from tomorrow.

A total of 30 sessions including 25 working sessions will be held in the conference while 356 proposals placed by the DCs will be discussed there. The Road Transport and Highways Division has the highest number of 22 proposals this year.

Ministers and secretaries of different ministries and divisions will join the discussion and give necessary directives to the DCs. The proposals were made giving priority on issues including increasing of public services, reducing public hassles, construction of roads and highways and bridges, expansion of tourism, amendments of rules and laws and protection of public interests. The top agenda includes land management, improving law and order situation, strengthening local government institutions, disaster management and relief programme, creation of jobs at local level and poverty alleviation programme implementation, social safety net programme implementation, use of information and communication technology and e-governance, improving standard of education and its expansion, health and family welfare, conservation of environment and prevention of pollution, development of physical infrastructure and inspection and coordination of development programme implementation.

On the first day of the conference, seven sessions will take place including inaugural session and open discussion and five working sessions. On the second day on March 4, the DCs will call on Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at JS Bhaban. A total of nine sessions will be held on that day.

On third day on March 5, seven sessions will be held. On March 6, the DCs will call on Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan at Supreme Court Bhaban. A total of seven sessions will be held on that day.

The Cabinet Secretary said in the annual conference of 2023, a total of 212 short, medium and long term decisions were taken and 130 of those have been

implemented and disposed while 82 others are being implemented. The rate of implementation or disposal is 62 per cent, he added.

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