Routine works of the five ministries affected by a fire in the聽 past week were disrupted on Sunday as their offices at new locations were yet to be ready.
Repairing and construction works continued on the day at several offices temporarily allocated for the offices and staff of the five ministries.
Security measures at the secretariat were beefed up and even journalists were not allowed to enter the secretariat on Sunday.
Journalists Information and broadcasting adviser Nahid Islam at a briefing said that the home ministry would issue temporary passes from today for journalists assigned to cover the secretariat.
The eight-member committee, formed on December 26 to probe into the fire incident, is scheduled for today to submit a preliminary report to chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today, said chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.
A fire broke out in Building 7 at the secretariat, the administrative headquarters of the government, in the capital on early December 26, burning offices and documents of five ministries 鈥撯�� the local government, rural development and co-operatives ministry, the post and telecommunication ministry, te youth and sports ministry, the labour and employment ministry and the road transport and bridges ministry.
No case was filed for the incident yet.
In a release issued by the local government ministry on Saturday, adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said that from Sunday the ministry would start official works in the vacant rooms in the Dhaka South City Corporation Nagar Bhaban.
In the Nagar Bhaban, the 13th and 14th floors and one side of the 12th floor have been allocated for the ministry.
On Sunday noon, no ministry officials were seen working at the offices.
Some of the empty rooms were seen with fresh painting while some were awaiting painting.
Workers were seen repairing the rooms and doing other construction works.
One of the workers said that it would take at least one week to fix these rooms.
According to a ministry decision, 10 rooms at Rail Bhaban were allocated for the Road Transport and Highways Division secretary and additional secretaries while the rest of the officials and employees were scheduled to resume work at the DTCA Bhaban in the capital.
Only the room for the senior secretary Md Ehsanul Haque was prepared at the Rail Bhaban where construction works found to continue Sunday noon.
The senior secretary did not come to the office on Sunday.
Some of the officials were seen sitting inside the empty rooms and talking with each other.
Construction materials were seen all over at these two buildings.
Labour and employment ministry public relation officer Abdul Malek said that the rooms were yet to be allocated among the ministry officials at the Sramo Bhaban on Sunday.
Posts and Telecommunications Division deputy secretary Mohammad Moklesur Rahman said that the affected ministry officials had resumed their work at the General Post Office.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha reported that the government would start issuing temporary passes for journalists from today to enter the secretariat.
鈥業nformation and broadcasting ministry is re-evaluating the accreditation cards 鈥ew permanent or temporary accreditation cards and passes will be issued soon,鈥� said an official handout on Sunday.
All vehicles but the cars carrying the advisers, secretaries and chiefs of different departments are being barred from entering the secretariat, official sources said.
The officers and employees having their offices at the secretariat were allowed to enter showing their permanent identity card.
The home ministry introduced separate booths on Abdul Gani Road for visitors for emergency needs.
At a briefing in front of State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Sunday, chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary Azad Majumder said that no accreditation cards of the journalists had been cancelled.
鈥楻ight now the secretariat is a crime scene and the government is conducting the probe with the highest importance,鈥� he said, adding that access to the secretariat was restricted to protect the crime scene.
Replying to a question, Azad Majumder said that the chief adviser would decide if the preliminary probe report would be shared with the media or not and right now it could not be said for sure how many days would be required to complete the entire probe.
The government would review the accreditation cards to cancel the cards of the people who were not journalists, he added.
The briefing was attended, among others, by press secretary Shafiqul Alam.
A firefighter was killed and four others were injured in a road accident during operations to extinguish the fire.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Ramna zone additional deputy commissioner Mir Asaduzzaman told 抖阴精品 that a case was under process for the death.
Earlier, a general diary was filed in this incident with the Shahbagh police station on Friday, he added.
