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Adviser to the ministry of power, energy and mineral resources Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Thursday said that the government had embarked reforming the power, energy, road, bridges and railway sectors to fulfil the expectation of the people.

He also directed the authorities concerned to stop use of single use plastic water bottles in meetings, seminars, workshops and others daily activities.


‘Different agencies or companies linked with the ministries of power, energy, road, bridges and railways are being reformed and renovated in an effort to fulfil people’s dream,’ he said.

The adviser said this in a meeting with a group of representatives of Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry, led by its president Javed Akhter at secretariat in Dhaka.

During the meeting, Fouzul Kabir said that unbridled corruption, unfairness, injustice and inequality during the recent past regime led the students and common masses to forge movement to unseat the fascist government and constitute a new government to build a new nation.

‘The dream came true in exchange of huge sacrifice and we are now working to materialise the dream of the martyrs.’

Seeking all out cooperation from the apex body of the foreign investors, Fouzul Kabir said that the people of the country wanted to see a discrimination-free new Bangladesh. 

‘So, I hope that the apex body will enhance their support to the incumbent government for safeguarding the peoples’ interests and building a new Bangladesh’, the adviser added.

Assuring the interim government of extending all cooperation, FICCI president Javed Akhter said that they wanted to contribute in building a discrimination-free new Bangladesh by doing business with utmost honesty and sincerity.

Senior vice-president Eric M Walker, vice-president Yasir Ajman, executive director TIM Nurul Kabir were included in the FICCI delegation.

Senior secretary of road transport and highway division M Ehsanul Huq, power division senior secretary M Habibur Rahman, energy and mineral resources division senior secretary M Nurul Alam were present.

Meanwhile, Fouzul Kabir made another directive to formulate or update recruitment and promotion policies in all organisations and companies under the ministry and departments and sending those to respective ministries or divisions after taking approval from the concerned board.

The directives were given through an office order issued from the office of the adviser, said an official handout.

The handout said that all these directives would be applicable in ministries, departments and all offices or organisations and companies under the ministry of power, energy and mineral resources, ministry of road transport and bridges and ministry of railways.