New fund created for DCs

Against the backdrop of demands of the country's 64 deputy commissioners (DCs), Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday declared that a special fund was created for them to manage natural disasters and calamities.
Without disclosing the amount, Muhith said, “Once the fund is activated, the DCs will be able to use it after any disaster.”
He was talking to journalists after emerging from the last day's session of a three-day “DC Conference” at Bangladesh Secretariat's Cabinet Division.
At the meeting, the DCs pointed out that those involved in outsourcing work online with organisations abroad are facing difficulties in getting payments.
Muhith replied that the Bangladesh Bank governor had assured him of introducing PayPal, a global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers through the internet.
At another meeting with the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, the DCs demanded that the government ensures uninterrupted power supply at all districts during the present month of Ramadan and upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
They also pointed out problems in the power supply lines and distribution system.
The prime minister's energy affairs adviser, Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury, replied that the secretary to the ministry and its top officials were directed to take necessary steps in this regard.
At another meeting with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, the DCs wanted to know ways to tackle instigations and propaganda campaigns by some media, especially those online.
“We told the DCs about an online policy, the formulation of which is under process,” Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told journalists afterwards.
On the 8th pay scale for journalists, Inu said the government would formally publish a gazette as soon as possible.
Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan briefed reporters after the conference's concluding ceremony.