The government has appointed administrators to 14 more district councils.
A gazette notification issued by the Local Government Division on Tuesday (March 31) announced the new appointments for the district councils of Dhaka, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Pabna, Narail, Barguna, Jamalpur, Gazipur, Manikganj, Narsingdi, Faridpur, Habiganj, Chandpur, and Feni.
Md Yasin Ferdous Morad has been appointed administrator of the Dhaka district council, Md Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury for Nilphamari, AKM Mominul Haque for Lalmonirhat, Mohammad Zahurul Islam for Pabna, Md Mostafizur Rahman Alek for Narail, Md Nazrul Islam Molla for Barguna, and Md Sirajul Haque for Jamalpur.
Chowdhury Ishrat Ahmed Siddiqui has been appointed for Gazipur, Jamilur Rashid Khan for Manikganj, Tofazzal Hossain for Narsingdi, Md Afzal Hossain Khan Palash for Faridpur, Ahmed Ali for Habiganj, AKM Salim Ullah Selim for Chandpur, and Professor MA Khalek for Feni.
According to the notification, the appointments have been made under the “District Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024” and the “District Council Act, 2000.” The administrators will serve full-time until further notice.
The appointed officials will exercise the powers and perform the duties of district council chairmen and will receive allowances and other benefits as per the rules, the notification added.
Earlier, on March 15, the government appointed administrators to 42 zilla parishads. Most of the appointees are reportedly affiliated with BNP politics.