The government has appointed full-time administrators to 14 more district councils, raising the total number of such appointments to 56 in two phases.
According to a notification issued on Tuesday by Local Government Division, new administrators have been assigned to district councils in Dhaka, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Pabna, Narail, Barguna, Jamalpur, Gazipur, Manikganj, Narsingdi, Faridpur, Habiganj, Chandpur and Feni.
Among the appointees, Md Yasin Ferdous Murad has been assigned to Dhaka, Md Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury to Nilphamari, AKM Mominul Haque to Lalmonirhat, Mohammad Zahurul Islam to Pabna, Md Mostafizur Rahman Alek to Narail, Md Nazrul Islam Molla to Barguna, Md Sirajul Haque to Jamalpur, and Chowdhury Ishrat Ahmed Siddiqui to Gazipur.
In addition, Jamilur Rashid Khan has been appointed to Manikganj, Tofazzal Hossain to Narsingdi, Md Afzal Hossain Khan Palash to Faridpur, Ahmed Ali to Habiganj, AKM Salim Ullah Selim to Chandpur and Professor MA Khalek to Feni.
The notification states that the appointees will serve as full-time administrators until further notice.
They will exercise the powers and responsibilities of district council chairmen and receive allowances and other benefits in accordance with regulations.
Earlier, on March 15, leaders affiliated with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were appointed as administrators in 42 district councils in the first phase.
