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7 member Committee formed to probe Secretariat fire

Greenwatch Desk Nation 2024-12-26, 6:20pm

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The Rural Development and Cooperatives Division under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives has formed a 7-member committee to investigate the fire incident at a building of the Bangladesh Secretariat.


The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives issued a notification in this regard on Thursday.

The seven-member committee, headed by Additional Secretary (Administration-2) Mohammad Shafiul Arif, has been tasked with identifying the cause of the fire and assessing the damages.

The other committee members are  Zahidul Islam, joint secretary (law and administration); ASM Hasan Al Amin, joint secretary (administration); Subrata Kumar Sikder, joint secretary (planning); Dr Ashok Kumar Biswas, deputy secretary (administration); Engineer Md Monayem Chowdhury, system analyst; Rahima Akhter, deputy secretary (administration).

The committee has also been authorised to co-opt additional members if necessary and instructed to submit a report to the Secretary of the Rural Development and Cooperatives Division.