Bangladesh government has constituted three high-level committees to provide recommendations on recruitment, transfers, and discipline of senior officials under the ministry of public administration, including field administration, as well as senior officials in the police and ministry of foreign affairs.
The cabinet division issued a notification on Thursday, announcing the formation of these committees.
A ‘Public Administration Committee’ has been formed to advise on matters related to the recruitment, transfers, and discipline of officials at the rank of joint secretary and above, including divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners.
Salehuddin Ahmed, finance, and science and technology ministries adviser, will chair the six-member committee, which includes Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, power, energy, and mineral resources, road transport and bridges, and railways ministries adviser, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, environment, forest, and climate change ministry adviser, cabinet secretary, public administration secretary and Md Nahid Islam, posts, telecommunications, and information technology and information and broadcasting ministries adviser, who will serve as the member secretary.
The public administration ministry will provide secretarial support to the committee. The notification specifies that the committee may seek information from relevant offices as required.
An ‘Order and Discipline Committee’ has been established to provide recommendations on recruitment, transfers, and discipline within the police force, particularly for ranks such as superintendents of police, deputy inspector generals, and higher levels.
Lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, home and agriculture ministries adviser, will chair the seven-member committee. Members include Asif Nazrul, law, justice, and parliamentary, and expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment ministries adviser, Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, local government, rural development and cooperatives, and youth and sports ministries adviser, Md Khoda Bakhsh Chowdhury, special assistant to the chief adviser, home secretary, inspector general of police, and brigadier general (retired) M Sakhawat Hossain, shipping and labour and employment ministries adviser, who will serve as the member secretary.
The home ministry will provide secretarial support. The notification mentions that the committee may obtain information from relevant offices as needed.
A ‘Foreign Affairs Committee’ has been constituted to advise on the recruitment, transfers, and discipline of directors general and officials of equivalent or higher ranks within the foreign ministry.
Md Touhid Hossain, foreign adviser, will chair the committee. Its members include Adilur Rahman Khan, industries and housing and public works ministries adviser, Khalilur Rahman, high representative for Rohingya affairs and priority matters to the chief adviser, foreign secretary and Md Mahfuj Alam, adviser attached to the chief adviser’s office, who will serve as the member secretary.
The foreign ministry will provide secretarial support to this committee, which may seek information from relevant offices as needed, according to the notification.
