DC conference begins Sunday

The annual conference of the deputy commissioners (DCs) will begin tomorrow (Sunday) with a view to ensuring good governance at all layers of society.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the conference at the Shapla Hall of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) at 10am. After the inauguration session, the prime minister will join an open-discussion with the deputy commissioners.

The five-day conference will end on 18 July.

Ministers, advisers, state ministers, deputy ministers and secretaries will attend different sessions to issue directives to the deputy commissioners and divisional commissioners, according to the cabinet division.

Working sessions will be held at the conference room of the cabinet division at the secretariat to be chaired by the cabinet secretary.

A total of 29 sessions will be held in this year’s DC conference. Some 333 proposals will be put forward in the conference.

Maintaining law and order, resolving land-related problems, strengthening activities of local government institutions, disaster management, implementation of poverty alleviation programmes and social safety net programmes are some of the key issues to be discussed in the conference.

On 15 July, the DCs will attend six working sessions with ministers and secretaries of 19 ministries and divisions.

The DCs will call on president Abdul Hamid in the evening on that day.

On 16 July, five sessions will be held with ministers and secretaries of 12 ministries and divisions.

The DCs will call on the chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain in the afternoon on that day.

Eight sessions will be held on 17 July.

Meetings will be held with ministers and secretaries of 19 ministries and divisions.

On the concluding day on 18 July, four sessions will be held with four ministries and divisions.

The conference will end with DC’s calling on Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.