Staff Reporter:
Stating that every position in public administration is important for the government, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said that it is essential for government officials to have the mentality to work in any position.
“If professionalism is compromised only for promotion or posting in one’s preferred place, you may benefit temporarily, but it negatively affects the efficiency and neutrality of public administration as a whole,” he said while addressing the Deputy Commissioners’ (DCs) Conference yesterday.
Earlier, the Prime Minister formally opened the four-day DCs Conference-2026 around 10:30 am at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city, which will continue till May 6.
Tarique Rahman, also ruling BNP chairman, said the mentality of always wanting appointment or post-ing in preferred positions is one of the main reasons for making the government officials corrupt and unprofessional.
“Therefore, my special request to you is to consider every path in public administration as important and inevitable. Keep you mentally prepared to perform duties in any position of public administration, at any place in the country, at any time,” he said.
Noting that honesty, merit and efficiency are the main principles in recruitment, transfer or promotion in public administration, the premier said that the government is firmly committed to ensuring accountabil-ity in the effectiveness of the administrative structure everywhere, including quick recruitment of man-power in vacant posts with transparency, formation of a strong Public Service Commission (PSC) and formulation of private service rules.
Cabinet members, advisers, the cabinet secretary, chiefs of three services, other senior officials and divi-sional commissioners were present at the inaugural ceremony.
The Prime Minister earlier walked from his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat to the Osmani Memorial Auditorium to join the program around 10:20am.
At the beginning of the event, the Prime Minister thanked the government officials, who demonstrated their professionalism and performed national duty in the last national election.
This is the first DC Conference since the BNP formed the government in February this year.
He stressed the need for making mobile court operations effective, regular and visible.
Besides, the Prime Minister instructed DCs to keep strict watch so that service seekers do not face unnec-essary harassment, delay or irregularities while visiting government offices.
“You should seriously address any legitimate complaint of the people. Strict measures must be taken to maintain law and order, control drug abuse and maintain communal harmony, and prevent child mar-riage, violence against women and children- the matters that are within your capacity,” he said.
A total of 34 sessions will be held during this four-day DC Conference. Among these, 30 will be work-ing sessions, and the number of participating ministries or divisions is 56.
A total of 1,729 proposals were submitted by the DCs to the government on different issues related to governance. Out of those proposals 498 have been included in the working papers. The highest 44 pro-posals came related to the Health Services Division.
Ministers and state ministers of 56 ministries and divisions will provide necessary instructions to the deputy commissioners regarding their respective ministries at the conference.
