
The chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, asked the ministries and departments under him to start activities as immediately as possible.
He met the senior secretaries and secretaries of 25 ministries under him at the state guest house Jamuna in the capital on the day.
The chief adviser called on the officials concerned to ensure transparency and sensitivity by harnessing the power of the youths, the United News of Bangladesh reported.
In the meeting, the secretaries informed the chief adviser about the action plans of the ministries.
He also talked about ensuring emergency supplies and gave instructions to speed up the reopening of ports and railways.
Muhammad Yunus asked them to take necessary steps to ensure that agricultural production continued and supply of fertilisers, fuel and electricity remained normal.
Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division ABM Amin Ullah Nuri told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· after the meeting that most of the instructions in the meeting were general.
‘As per the instruction we will keep road communication normal and resume all services, including the tasks of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, as soon as possible,’ he added.
Since July 18 all Bangladesh Road Transport Authority services have remained suspended. A circular it had issued read that miscreants vandalised, looted and set fire to BRTA headquarters in the Banani area in the capital in July 18–19.
Following the incidents, the server and information system inside the BRTA Bhaban were damaged, the circular added.
After about a month of shutdown, metro rail services are scheduled to resume on August 17.
The intercity train services on long distances are scheduled to resume from August 15, also after about a month, while freight train services resumed on Monday.
Shipping ministry secretary Md Mostafa Kamal told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· after the meeting that waterways communications were overall normal till now.
‘We informed the chief adviser about the container congestion at the Chattogram Port as almost three times higher number of containers remain stuck at the port due to the closure of railway services,’ he continued.
He mentioned that with resumption of freight train services on the day the congestion at the port would ease within few days.
Nobel laureate Yunus took the oath as the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh along with 13 other advisers on August 8, four days after long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.
Yunus kept under him cabinet division; defence ministry; armed forces division; education ministry; road transport and bridges ministry; food ministry; housing and public works ministry; land ministry; textiles and jute ministry; agriculture ministry; science and technology ministry; railways ministry; public administration ministry; power, energy and mineral resources ministry; shipping ministry; water resources ministry; women and children affairs ministry; disaster management and relief ministry; information and broadcasting ministry; expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment ministry; commerce ministry; labour and employment ministry; cultural affairs ministry; civil aviation and tourism ministry; and liberation war affairs ministry.