DC conference beings Tuesday at Osmani Auditorium

After a two-year pause, the annual conference of the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) is going to take place at Osmani Memorial Auditorium instead of the meeting room in the Cabinet Division due to the fresh surge of Covid-19.

The three-day conference will start on Tuesday and end on Thursday, said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open it virtually at 10:00am, the cabinet secretary said while briefing reporters at the Bangladesh Secretariat after the cabinet meeting.

The DC conference has already been shortened to a three-day one from five-day due to the Covid surge.

The conference is being held after a two-year pause due to the coronavirus epidemic.‎

Only 15 ministers and secretaries of 15 ministries have been invited to the inauguration ceremony, the secretary said.

Besides, the DCs have been asked to do the RT-PCR test along with his gunman, driver and companions before joining the conference, he said.

Anwarul Islam revealed that till now two divisional commissioners and five DCs became tested with Covid-19 positive.

They are divisional commissioners of Rajshahi and Barisal and DCs of Cox’s Bazar, Rajshahi, Patuakhali, Laxmipur and Chuadanga.

According to the schedule, the conference will have a total of 25 sessions including 21 working sessions. Among these, the first day will have seven sessions, eight on the second day, and 10 sessions on the third day.‎

The cabinet secretary said President Abdul Hamid will deliver a speech virtually on Tuesday evening while Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury and the Chief Justice are also scheduled to address it virtually on Wednesday.