CA Yunus inaugurates 3-day-long DC Conference

Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the three-day-long Deputy Commissioners' (DC) Conference today (16 February).

He opened the conference at the Shapla Hall of the Chief Adviser's Office in Dhaka at 10:30am this morning. 

During a press conference held at the Secretariat yesterday (15 February), Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid said the conference will have four special and 30 working sessions. 

These include the opening ceremony, a meeting with the chief justice, an open discussion with the chief adviser, and a meeting of the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association, he said. 

This year's conference will discuss 354 proposals from the DCs and divisional commissioners.

Although the Cabinet Division received 1,245 proposals from the divisional commissioners and DCs for the conference, many proposals were not included in the working paper due to disagreement from the concerned ministries and departments and because they were presented at the previous DC Conference, according to officials.

The main venue of the DC Conference is the Osmani Memorial Auditorium. There will be an open discussion between the chief adviser and the DCs there. 

In the evening, there will be a meeting between the chief adviser and the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association, followed by a dinner with the chief adviser at night.

On Monday (17 February), apart from the working sessions, the DCs will meet the chief justice at the Supreme Court auditorium.

Every year, the DCs propose various facilities at the DC Conference. 

However, this time, they have proposed to increase their legal powers. For this, they have asked to create the Legal Affairs Liaison Officer post in the offices of 64 DCs and eight divisional commissioners as soon as possible.

The conference will conclude on 18 February. 

The decisions made at the DC Conference are typically aimed at improving public services, utilising local potential, and addressing challenges.