Ensure essential prices remain tolerable, supply chain uninterrupted: CA Yunus

Field-level officials have to work diligently to keep the prices of essentials at a tolerable level and ensure their smooth supply during the upcoming month of Ramadan, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said today (30 December).

"Ramadan is coming up; you will have to keep a special eye on the market prices centring Ramadan. Work not only on the market prices but also explore ways to simplify the transportation of goods," he said during a virtual meeting with officials from 31 districts in four divisions.

The chief adviser also instructed the field administration officials to play an active role in ensuring the success of the interim government's objectives and activities. "The real government is the administration at the field level," he said. 

"The interim government is working to ensure everyone's rights. Therefore, the officials involved must diligently complete various projects within the set timelines," he added.

At the meeting, Yunus directed to ensure that textbooks are distributed orderly among students at the beginning of the new school year.

'Criminals within the police will be brought to justice'

Emphasising that police would have to work with the spirit of the July uprising, he said criminals within the force will be brought to justice.

He stressed the need for maintaining law and order, fostering communal harmony, ensuring the preservation of agricultural products, facilitating fertilizer supply, and maintaining peace in industrial zones.

Officials from Dhaka, Chattogram, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions attended the meeting, which the chief adviser virtually addressed from his office in Dhaka.

A total of 19 officials, including divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, police commissioners, range police chiefs, and superintendents of police, spoke at the event.

The chief adviser said the feedback and opinions shared by the officials would assist the government in making decisions.

"This is my first opportunity to interact with you. I have learned a lot and informed myself about many issues. This will help us in our work," he said.

He also said several of the 15 commissions, established to bring reforms, would soon submit their reports. Following these submissions, he said discussions with political parties and citizens will start, paving the way for an electoral atmosphere in the country.

Prof Yunus also instructed field officials to remain vigilant about potential reactions to the reforms to ensure their peaceful implementation.

Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid moderated the event, announcing that the chief adviser would soon hold a similar videoconference with officials from the remaining 33 districts of the other four divisions.