Home Adviser Lt. Gen. (retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said the border is completely protected as the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have always been put on alert at the country frontier line.
“BGB is always alert at the border. The border is fully secured,” he said.
He was replying to a question at the certificate distribution and closing ceremony of the 137th Survey and Settlement Training Course, 2024-25 for the BCS cadres (administration, police, forest and railway) and officers of Bangladesh Judicial Service at the central seminar room of Tejgaon Bhumi Bhaban here this afternoon.
Professor Lutfey Siddiqi, Special Envoy on International Affairs to the Chief Adviser, today said the Bangladesh Single Window will be effective within the month of March to ease the import and export processes for businesses.
"Seven out of 19 certificates, licenses, and permits (CLP) issuing organisations are included in this phase. We will switch off the seven organisations manual system on January 31, 2025. Manual CLP submissions will no longer be accepted for seven government agencies after January 31," he said.
The special envoy said this while speaking as the guest of honour at the second session on Economic Reforms and Institutions at the symposium on White Paper and Thereafter Economic Management, Reforms and National Budget at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the city.
The government has sought opinion over July proclamation from all stakeholders who participated in the July mass uprising.
"As per the next course of action of the all-party dialogue on July proclamation held on Thursday, opinion is being sought from all stakeholders, including political parties, and those who participated in the uprising," the chief adviser press wing said in a statement today.
All have been asked to send their opinion by sending letters to Mahfuj Alam, Adviser, the Chief Adviser Office (CAO), Tejgaon, Dhaka.
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), on Saturday urged the interim government to leave behind three critical legacies to help steer the nation back on track.
The legacies he outlined are: making the gravity of corruption clear, tackling malgovernance and establishing an administrative framework conducive to building a balanced and sustainable economy.
Delieving the introductory speech at a symposium titled “White Paper and Thereafter: Economic management, Reforms and National Budget” at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), the eminent economist said the government will have to expose the economic scenario of the country which has been suffering from corruption and malgovernance.
“They (govt) have really exposed the amount of malfeasance, corruption and malgovernance we were afflicted with,” he said.