Ten districts get new DCs

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) in 10 districts of the country.

The Ministry of Public Administration issued an order in this regard on Thursday.

Of the deputy commissioners, nine DCs were appointed newly while one was transferred to Dhaka from Gazipur.

The new DCs have been assigned to Rangamati, Bandarban, Tangail, Pabna, Shariatpur, Lakshmipur, Cumilla, Feni, and Gazipur districts. 

This year, officers of the administrative cadres of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) have also been made deputy commissioners.

Gazipur's Deputy Commissioner Anisur Rahman has been transferred to Dhaka and was replaced by the Power Division's Deputy Secretary Abul Fateh Mohammad Shafiqul Islam.

The other deputy commissioners are – Deputy Secretary of Public Security Department Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Khan (Rangamati), Personal Secretary to the mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Shah Mojahid Uddin (Bandarban), Principle Secretary to the prime minister's Chief Secretary Md Kaysarul Islam (Tangail), Personal Secretary to the home minister Md Asaduzzaman (Pabna), Personal Secretary to the deputy minister of the Water Resources Arifuzzaman (Shariatpur), Deputy Secretary of Finance Division Suraiya Jahan (Lakshmipur), Personal Secretary to state minister for Disaster Management and Relief Khandakar Md Mushfiqur Rahman (Cumilla), and Economic Relations Division's Deputy Secretary Mushammat Shahina Akhtar (Feni).

With the latest appointments, the government has assigned new DCs to 41 districts in the last seven months so far. After the appointment of 23 new DCs on 23 November last year, Rajshahi, Narail, Madaripur, Dinajpur, Natore, Meherpur, Jhenaidah and Moulvibazar districts also received new DCs on 12 March this year.