Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus stated at the District Commissioner (DC) meeting that obtaining a passport will not require police verification. He asked the DCs to inform the public of their choices.
“My passport is a civil right,” the Chief Advisor stated. The police will make a separate determination on whether I am a robber or a thief. There was no police verification on the birth certificate I was handed. The NID I was provided was also obtained as a citizen without any police verification.
We made a law, he continued, but it hasn’t made it to the towns and villages yet, and yet here we are, sitting here with a decision. There shouldn’t be this disconnect. People are being harassed without cause, and there is no justification for this. Our faith is similar to harassment. The government’s intention to harass citizens needs to be overturned. The government is not the same. Delivering your rights is our responsibility.
Today (February 16), the District Commissioner conference got underway. The capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium is hosting the conference.
At his office’s Shapla Hall, Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus opened the three-day DC conference earlier at 10:30 a.m. This time, the DC conference will conclude on Tuesday, February 18.
The DCs will have an open discussion with the Chief Advisor today. In the evening, the Chief Advisor will hold a meeting with the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association. There will be a dinner with the Chief Advisor at night.
Earlier, at a press conference on the ‘District Administrator Conference-2025’ at the Secretariat on Saturday (February 15), Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid said that the implementation rate of the decisions taken at the DC conference last year has decreased compared to other years. So far, only 46 percent of the decisions of the 2024 conference have been implemented.
The Cabinet Secretary said that a total of 381 decisions were taken in the DC conference last year, in the short, medium and long term. Of these, 177 decisions have been implemented. 204 are under implementation. The implementation rate of the decisions is 46 percent.
He said that this time the conference will have a total of 30 working sessions with various ministries and departments and four special sessions. The special sessions include the opening ceremony, a meeting with the Chief Justice, a meeting with the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association, and an open dialogue with the first advisor.
Ahead of the DC conference, the Cabinet Secretary added, 354 suggestions have been received from the divisional commissioners and DCs. According to the Cabinet Secretary, 354 of the 1,245 ideas that the DCs and divisional commissioners submitted before to the DC meeting are included in the working paper.
