Deputy Commissioners on Tuesday recommended deployment of Border Guard Bangladesh personnel in a greater number in the country鈥檚 frontier areas to bolster national security in addition to enhanced security measures for waterways.
Home adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said this while briefing reporters at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.
The briefing followed the third-day session of the deputy commissioners鈥� conference, which included discussions under the purview of home and agriculture ministries.
鈥業n our session, the primary focus was on improving law and order and advancing the agricultural sector. The deputy commissioners suggested increasing the deployment of BGB personnel along border areas, strengthening waterway security through a higher presence of river police, and augmenting manpower in Gazipur metropolitan and industrial police units. We are reviewing these matters with great importance and have assured necessary consideration,鈥� said Jahangir Alam.
He said that the overall law-and-order situation remained satisfactory but had room for improvement. 鈥楲aw enforcement operations are progressively enhancing security. To ensure continued progress, 鈥極peration Devil Hunt鈥� is being conducted across the country.鈥�
Highlighting corruption as the nation鈥檚 most pressing issue, the adviser said that if corruption was not eradicated at its roots, the country鈥檚 desired progress would remain unachievable. 鈥業t is essential to curb corruption at all levels. Accordingly, instructions have been given to the deputy commissioners.鈥�
Chaired by cabinet secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid, the session was addressed, among others, by Khoda Bakhsh Chowdhury, special assistant to the chief adviser.
Among other attendees were senior secretary of home ministry Nasimul Gani, secretary of agriculture ministry Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian, inspector general of police Baharul Alam, and heads of various departments and agencies under both ministries.
