Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus said, "A passport is a right of my citizenship. Whether I am a thief or a robber will be judged separately by the police. The birth certificate that was given to me was not done with any police verification. The NID that was given to me was also not done with any police verification, I got it as a citizen. So, police verification is not required for a passport."
He made these remarks at the opening ceremony of the three-day DC conference at the Shapla Hall of the Chief Advisor's Office on Sunday morning.
Dr. Yunus said, we have made the law. But it has not reached the villages. Yet we are sitting here with a decision. This distance should not exist. There is no reason for this, people are being harassed for no reason. Harassment is our religion. The government means harassing people, this must be reversed. The government is a different thing. Our job is to deliver your rights.
The conference will feature an open discussion between the DCs and the Chief Advisor. In the evening, there will be a meeting of the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association with him. There will be a dinner in the evening.
Earlier, at a press conference on the 'District Administrators' Conference-2025' at the Secretariat on February 15, Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid said that the implementation rate of decisions taken at the District Administrators' Conference last year has decreased compared to other years. So far, only 46 percent of the decisions of the 2024 conference have been implemented.
The Cabinet Secretary said that a total of 381 short, medium and long-term decisions were taken at the DC conference last year. Of these, 177 decisions have been implemented. 204 are under implementation. The decision implementation rate is 46 percent.
He said that this time the conference will have a total of 30 working sessions with various ministries and departments and four special sessions. The special sessions include an opening ceremony, a meeting with the Chief Justice, an open discussion with the First Advisor and a meeting with the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association.
The Cabinet Secretary also said that 354 proposals have been received from DCs and divisional commissioners ahead of the DC conference.
