The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Planning Ministry on Sunday directed the ministry to submit a list of long-running projects that have shown slow progress and have received repeated time extensions.
The committee also instructed the ministry to provide detailed reasons for the delays in their report, which is to be presented at the next meeting.
The meeting, held at Sangsad Bhaban and chaired by MA Mannan, focused on expediting project implementation.
The committee urged concerned ministries and departments to review and improve procedures to increase the work speed of ongoing projects. Emphasizing the need for
faster and more dynamic development, the meeting called for coordinated participation from all parties involved in project implementation.
JS body recommends postponing recruitment in Livestock Dept
The parliamentary body on Fisheries and Livestock Ministry on Sunday recommended postponing the ongoing recruitment process under the Livestock Department as the decision regarding the quota system is still at the court.
The recommendation came from the first meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman MA Mannan in the chair.
Besides, the committee also formed a three-member committee, comprising BM Kabirul Haque, Nur Uddin Chowdhury Nayan and Mashiur Rahman Molla Sajal, to look into the graft allegation brought in the vaccine purchasing bid process.
The committee has been asked to submit its report within 15 working days.
Committee members including Sm Rezaul Karim, Abdur Rahman, BM Kabirul Haque, Choto Monir, Nur Uddin Chowdhury Nayan, Md Rashiduzzaman, Moshtaq Ahmed Ruhi, Mashiur Rahman Molla Sajal, Ashika Sultana and officials concerned of the ministry including its secretary were present there.
