Cabinet division has convened a meeting of the Secretaries. The meeting will be held on Thursday (July 4) at 4:30 pm in the Cabinet Room of the Secretariat. A letter has already been sent to the secretaries of all the ministries from the cabinet Division to attend the meeting.
Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain will preside over the meeting. Four issues including morality and good governance have been put on the agenda of the meeting.
It is said that various instructions may be given to the Secretaries in the meeting regarding the ongoing situation and contemporary issues. Apart from this, directions may also come on the issue of corruption allegations by some government employees.
This year's Secretary meeting is considered important for many reasons. In recent times, government employees have been criticized for irregularities and corruption. Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, National Board of Revenue officer Matiur Rahman and several other government officials have been exposed in the media.
Good governance is one of the agenda items in Thursday's Secretary meeting. According to the sources concerned, strict instructions may be given to the Secretaries regarding corruption in the meeting.
Four agendas have been set for the Secretaries meeting. They are integrity, good governance, election manifesto implementation and budget implementation.
There will be instructions for the secretaries to take action plans from the beginning of the year so that the budget for the financial year 2024-25 is implemented properly. Apart from this, a Secretary told a media that contemporary issues may be discussed in various discussions.
This will be the second Secretarial meeting of the current government after the Awami League came to power for the third consecutive term after winning the January 7 national elections. Earlier, the first meeting was held on February 5. At present there are 84 Secretaries.