Eighty two officers of the Bangladesh Police, holding different ranks including Additional IGP, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Additional DIG and Superintendent of Police (SP), have been designated as officers On Special Duty (OSD).
The order, signed by Md Mahbubur Rahman, Deputy Secretary of the Public Security Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, on behalf of the president, was issued through separate notifications today.
According to the notifications, these officers of the BCS (Police) cadre have been transferred/appointed as OSD in the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has said the present government is determined to further develop and strengthen local government institutions aimed at delivering full benefits of July Revolution to people.
“We are determined to further develop and strengthen local government institutions and to deliver full benefits of the July Revolution to the people as they are our biggest asset,” he said.
The Chief Adviser said this in a message on the occasion of the National Local Government Day tomorrow.
“People must be engaged more with various development activities of the new Bangladesh, achieved at the cost of supreme sacrifice of the July uprising martyrs.
The Chief Adviser extended his heartfelt greetings to all members of the local government division and local government institutions and people of the country on the day.
Chief Adviser Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said the next parliamentary elections might be held by December next or March 2026.
He made the remark while replying to a question at a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy here this evening.
Alam said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and many advisers talked about elections many times.
Referring to the previous statement of the chief advisor, Shaqul Alam said if the political parties want minimum reforms, then the elections will be held by December this year.
"And if they want us to stay for a few more days, in that case the chief adviser said it will be held in the first half of 2026," he said.
But, the press secretary said, there is a reality. The Kalbaisakhi (norwester) storm season starts from April and the monsoon begins in June.
The Department of Environment (DoE) has taken stringent measures to prevent pollution in the rivers surrounding Dhaka, including the Buriganga, Shitalakkhya, Turag, and Balu.
A total of 2,046 industrial factories in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Narsingdi have been served final notices, instructing them to keep their Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) operational at all times.
As per the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 (Amended 2010) and the Environment Conservation Rules, 2023, factories discharging liquid waste are legally required to operate ETPs and, in the case of sewage waste, Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs).