Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has issued orders to 14 officers/consultants of Aspire to Innovate (A2I) program to refrain from official duties as investigation is underway against them over different allegations.
A press release issued on Tuesday said that “14 officers/consultants working at A2I program under implementation by ICT Division have been directed to refrain them from their duties as investigation/further proceeding is ongoing for various allegations against them.”
A three-member committee was constituted to investigate the complaints against five officials of Aspire to Innovate (A2I) programme.
An office order, signed by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division Deputy Secretary M Zillur Rahman, on Tuesday said that the committee was assigned to investigate the complaints brought against the officials by various names and anonymously including on social media recently.
Headed by ICT Division Additional Secretary Dr Muhammad Mehedi Hasan, other members of the committee were A2I Programme Joint Project Director Molla Mizanur Rahman and ICT Division Deputy Secretary Md Shahinur Alam, a press release said.
The committee has been asked to submit its inquiry report within five-working day.
The officers/consultants are: Policy Advisor Anir Chowdhury, e-Government Analyst Md Farhad Zahid Sheikh, Project Management Specialist Md Majedul Islam, HD Media Project Analyst Purbi Matin, Technology Analyst Md Hafizur Rahman, Capacity Development Specialist Manik Mahmood, Resource Mobilization Specialist Md Nasser Mia, DFS Specialist Md Tahurul Hasan, Solution Architecture Specialist Rezwanul Haque Jami, SPS Senior Consultant HM Asad-Uzzaman, e-Document Implementation Expert ATM Al Fattah, Senior Software Engineer Tanveer Quader Iman, Admin Consultant Md Omar Farooq and Procurement Senior Consultant Md Salahuddin.
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) today once again dissolved the National Bank board.
In an order issued by BB Governor Ahsan H Mansur, the banking regulator said it has dissolved the bank board for the sake of the depositors money and public interest.
The BB said the financial condition of the bank deteriorated due to the board failure in taking policy decisions.
Railways Ministry Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan today directed the ministry to form three separate task forces to deal with three issues to improve railway services.
One task force will work to prevent delays in train operations while another task force will work to prevent black-marketing of train tickets. One task force will work to recover occupied railway properties.
The adviser gave the instruction at his first meeting with the officials of railways ministry and Bangladesh Railway (BR) today, says a ministry press release.
The High Court has ordered private television channel Somoy TV to suspend its broadcast for seven days, following a preliminary hearing of a writ petition. The directive was issued to the Chairman of Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited on Monday by a High Court bench comprised of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Shashanka Shekhar Sarkar.
The writ petition was filed by Shampa Rahman, the newly appointed Managing Director of Somoy Media Limited, seeking to ensure that the TV channel could operate without external influence or coercion.
Senior lawyer Ahsanul Karim, representing the petitioner, explained that the writ was filed to protect the channel editorial independence. Following the issuance of the rule, the court ordered Somoy TV to halt its broadcast for seven days.