“Those who’re living without families need not be posted there. If we could accommodate them in Dhaka, we can deploy them here,” he said.

He said this while addressing a progamme marking the launch of a study report titled “State of Social Accountability and Deliberative Democracy in Bangladesh: Current Dynamics and Future Pathway” of Brac University at Brac Inn auditorium in the city.

Minister said it has been observed that the quality and standard of schools, colleges and other educational institutions of a district could be monitored and maintained better if children of the top government officials study in district headquarters.
 
So, he said, the government prefers the children and spouses living with district-level top officials.

The function was also addressed by Rasheda K Chowdhury, executive director of Campaign for Popular Education and former caretaker government adviser, Shaheen Anam, executive director of Manusher Jonno Foundation, Dr Badrul Alam Majumder, country director of Hunger Project, and Anwarul Haq, Social Development Adviser of DFID.
 
Dr Imran Matin, the executive director of the Brace Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), delivered the welcome address while Dr Mirza M Hassan, senior research fellow and head of Governance and Politics Cluster, BIGD, revealed the study report.             
 
Minister Tazul said local government bodies have to be strengthened as 112 kinds of services are being provided to the people through a number of institutions.
 
He said his ministry will not allow the mayors of those municipalities to go abroad on tours where employees are not getting salaries.
 
Rasheda K Chowdhury said civil society representatives are not the rival to the government and the government should work together with them for the betterment of Bangladesh.
 
Shaheen Anam said negligence in discharging duty has been a culture in the country and the responsible people love to show off their strength. “But people have the right to receive the services from government agencies while executives are responsible to deliver them.”