The LGRD and cooperatives minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, on Tuesday told the parliament it was difficult to reclaim water bodies and canals in the capital grabbed by influential quarters.
A parliamentary body today came down heavily on Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) for its failure to provide pure and safe drinking water to city dwellers and dispose sewer properly by strengthening its network.
LGRD and cooperatives minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said that corruption has become pervasive in the local government division in the past two to three years.
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Syed Ashraful Islam today said the government would not allow any more extra-judicial killing in the name of ‘crossfire’.
Bangladesh Awami League Joint General Secretary and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam Friday refuted as indecorous and audacious BNP Joint Secretary General Abdul Mannan's remarks about the Prime Minister's statement in parliament on opposition leader Khaleda Zia's cantonment house, reports UNB.
The government is committed to ensuring quick trial and exemplary punishment of those who were involved in killings, plunder and murder of women and children in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny, senior minister said yesterday.
Massive administrative reshuffle for dynamism
The government will bring about reforms in the administration system, the local government minister said on Thursday.
"We will reform the system. A committee has been formed in this regard," Syed Ashraful Islam told reporters at the Secretariat.
LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said the government is considering introducing village courts to relieve the formal courts from the burden of unimportant cases.
Water of more than 30 percent tubewells in the country are arsenic- contaminated raising further the number of arsenicosis patients, said the speakers at a seminar yesterday.
LGRD Adviser’s remarks spark agony among political parties
Thursday's remark made by LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal that the upcoming parliamentary elections would be held under the state of emergency, sparked agony among the political parties as both Awami League and BNP categorically said they would not participate in the national election under state of emergency.
