What does the senior secretary say about the 15th August holiday?


Published: 04:45 12 August 2024
Next August 15 is National Day of Mourning, this day is a public holiday. Mohammad Mejbah Uddin Chowdhury, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration said that no decision has been made on the issue of whether there will be a day of mourning and a public holiday, which started from the time of Sheikh Hasina's government.
He said this in response to a question from journalists at the Ministry of Public Administration at the Secretariat on Monday (August 12).
Ahead of August 15, a public holiday. In that case, what have you decided? In response to this question, the senior secretary said that there was no discussion on this matter.
Only three days left. Are you thinking about giving any guidance at the field level? In response to this question, he said, we have not received any instructions in this regard. If there is such a thing, then surely we will know it. But we didn't get any instructions.
The chief adviser of the interim government. On the issue of secretaries' meeting at noon with Muhammad Yunus, the senior secretary said, he (Chief Adviser) has shed light on the power of youth. It is said that through the change that is coming through the energy of youth, an opportunity has been created. Let us use this opportunity.
Mezbah Uddin said, we have to function better than the way we were working with all the ministries and departments. So that we can implement the work of each ministry, department. He gave direct instructions in this regard. In fact, we are basically with the Ministry of Services, Head of Department, Advisor. Directly how we will present the documents, how we will accept the instructions, basically these issues have been discussed.
He also said that there was no discussion with the chief advisor about the advantages and disadvantages of the secretaries.
In response to a question from reporters about the officials deprived of promotion, he said, we have presented these issues to the chief advisor. We are sympathetically considering the issues of the BCS batch who were promoted in 15-16 years from the Ministry of Public Administration, who were denied promotion. We have already started the work.
He further said, we will take these matters forward in a very quick time. Those who were recommended from PSC to BCS from 28th to 42nd batch, we presented their matters to the Chief Adviser. We hope to have a solution to this by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Stating that there was no talk about the ongoing projects, the senior secretary said that the main task now is to make the ministries, departments and departments function. The works which can be settled at the secretariat level or office level, should be settled.
He said, besides there are other issues, which will be decided on an urgent basis within seven days. We will seek decisions from him (Chief Adviser) on which decisions cannot be taken at the Ministry level.
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