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Infuse dynamism in admin: PM

Some laws need to be changed, secretaries suggest

UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday advised the top bureaucrats to accelerate activities of their respective ministries.
She said infusing dynamism in the administration is an urgent need of the time to catch up with the fast-changing world and for timely implementation of government's development programmes.
"In some cases we have to change the process of work and improve the performance," the country's top executive told the secretaries of ministries at a meeting held at the conference room of the Cabinet Division.
In cases of laxity, remedial measures have to be taken, Khaleda said spelling out the urgency of bringing dynamism in the administration. "We have to build a performance-based system."
Referring to the war in Iraq, the prime minister said all possible impacts on Bangladesh should be evaluated and the situation regularly monitored.
"We have to keep in consideration various options," she said asking the top financial managers to be more restrained in spending the resources.
At the outset of the meeting, the fourth such since the present government came to power, Cabinet Secretary Dr Saa'dat Hossain made an introductory speech, outlining the objectives of the meeting
Some of the secretaries who spoke on the occasion also said the mode of work and some of the laws need to be changed to infuse dynamism in the administration.
They also stressed the need for introduction of e-governance to cope with the changing world.
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During discussion on food production, the meeting observed that the slogan of attaining "self-sufficiency in food" during the past regime left an adverse effect on many counts.
"Country's food situation needs to be reevaluated because the slogan restricted foreign assistance on many occasions," the meeting was told.
Problems in export, Chittagong Port situation, accommodation, lack of commonrooms for conferences and cafeteria in the Secretariat, and remittance from expatriate Bangladeshis came up for discussion.
The prime minister reminded the top officials of the importance of the current financial quarter as it is the time for completing last year's works and also planning the future programmes for the budget.
She said country's priorities have to be set within available resources, checking all sorts of extravagance.
The meeting was informed that after ICT, "biotechnology" would be the next thrust sector of the government.
Nearly 25 secretaries participated in the three-hour brainstorming over the performance of the administration.