File picture of Bangladesh House Ministry Adviser Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
A newly appointed senior Bangladeshi safety official acknowledged on Monday (August 19, 2024) that regulation and order is the primary problem for the interim authorities and mentioned the brand new administration is concentrated on bettering the state of affairs as shortly as potential.
Chatting with the media, House Affairs Advisor Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury harassed the urgency of addressing safety considerations and outlined his twin duty for each house affairs and agriculture.
“Our fundamental problem within the House Ministry is regulation and order. We’re targeted on bettering the state of affairs as shortly as potential,” mentioned Lt Gen (retd) Chowdhury, who was appointed on Friday, UNB Information reported.
Three days after his appointment, Brigadier Basic (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain was changed as House Adviser in Bangladesh’s interim authorities by Lt Gen (retd) Chowdhury, amid criticism of the previous military officer’s conduct by scholar leaders, media reported on Saturday.
The regulation and order state of affairs in Bangladesh deteriorated after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 following mass protests in opposition to her authorities over a controversial quota system in public jobs.
Greater than 230 folks have been killed in violence that erupted throughout the nation following the autumn of Hasina’s Awami League authorities, taking the demise toll to greater than 600 for the reason that mass scholar protest started in mid-July.
Following the autumn of the Hasina-led authorities, an interim authorities was shaped and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, was appointed as senior adviser.
The interim authorities has transferred the chiefs of 32 police stations in Dhaka and 18 different officers in cost. With this newest switch, the chiefs of all 50 police stations of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police have additionally been transferred.
Chatting with the media, Chowdhury additionally spoke about his targets within the agricultural sector, saying that his purpose is to extend manufacturing and be sure that “we will feed extra folks.” Earlier within the day, Lt. Gen. (retd.) Chowdhury met with UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis and mentioned potential UN help in varied sectors.
“Our discussions targeted on the varieties of help they will present on this state of affairs and what areas we’re in search of assist in,” he mentioned.
On the Rohingya disaster, he mentioned the federal government has requested further help from the UN. “The Rohingya inhabitants is rising by the day, with 1.2 million folks within the nation. The prices are growing and it isn’t recognized how lengthy we will maintain this case,” he mentioned.
Lt Gen (retd) Chowdhury additionally mentioned a UN fact-finding mission is anticipated to reach in Bangladesh subsequent week.
“We mentioned the kind of help they may provide and what help we want from them,” he added.
