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Under Tarique Rahman’s instruction, two regional executive officers of Dhaka North and South city corporations were withdrawn from their respective posts and attached to the Ministry of Public Administration with immediate effect.

The PM also ordered departmental action against them.

“The prime minister went out to see different development projects in the capital and the management of sacrificial animal waste. He expressed dissatisfaction as waste had not been removed in some places,” State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam told the media.

The withdrawn officials are Kazi Saleh Mustanzir, regional executive officer of Zone-1 of Dhaka South City Corporation, and Sadekur Rahman, regional executive officer of Zone-5 of Dhaka North City Corporation.

Without informing anyone in advance, the prime minister himself drove through different parts of Dhaka for nearly four hours to inspect the animal waste cleaning situation.

State Minister Mir Shahe Alam, Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Abdus Salam, and BNP National Executive Committee Special Secretary Muhammad Belayet Hossain Mridha accompanied the PM in his vehicle, according to the Prime Minister’s Press Wing.

Meanwhile, Tarique has directed two city corporations to remove garbage, clean drainage points, and take necessary measures to prevent dengue within the next 48 hours.

If the instructions are not implemented within the deadline, the chief executive officers, chief waste management officers, and chief health officers of the two city corporations will be withdrawn from their posts and face disciplinary action.