The Deputy Commissioners (DC) Conference 2026 is set to begin on Sunday, with the inaugural session scheduled at 10:30am at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the presence of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
A total of 498 proposals submitted by eight divisional commissioners and 64 deputy commissioners have been included in the working paper for discussion during the conference.
DC conference 2026: 498 proposals set for policy review
The information was shared by Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Division (District and Field Administration Wing) Md Humayun Kabir at a press conference held at the Secretariat on Saturday. Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani was also present.
At the briefing, officials highlighted around 50 key proposals put forward by the DCs.
According to the officials, the proposals mainly focus on improving public services and healthcare, reducing public suffering, developing roads and bridges, promoting tourism, reforming laws and regulations, and protecting public interests. Of the total, the highest number - 44 - relate to the health sector.
Key proposals include establishing an economic zone in Gazipur to relocate industries into a designated area, rebuilding and upgrading union-level sub-health centres with adequate manpower and medicine supply, and launching a 1,000-bed government hospital in Rangpur division.
Other major recommendations include strengthening institutional arrangements for mental health services at district and sub-district levels, setting up scientific treatment facilities for medical and sewage waste from hospitals and clinics, and creating midwifery positions at union health and family welfare centres and maternal and child welfare centres.
In the education sector, proposals include appointing assistant teachers for ICT, Hindu religion and library science in government secondary schools, declaring free education for all poor students with disabilities, developing government-domain websites for private educational institutions, and formulating policies to regulate Qawmi madrasas.
DCs also proposed establishing government primary schools in all tea gardens in Sylhet division and nationalising registered private primary schools, as well as introducing inclusive curricula, schedules and assessment systems for all children.
Legal and administrative reforms include waiving time limits for filing appeals in civil courts and land survey tribunals, and appointing government lawyers through competitive examinations.
Other notable proposals include setting up cultural archives at district-level Shilpakala academies, modernising tourism through integrated development plans, constructing an international-standard airport in Noakhali, and ensuring all government fund disbursements are completed by April 15 each year.
To increase revenue collection, DCs suggested bringing cash-based transactions under digital systems through a policy covering sectors such as healthcare services, legal services, educational institutions, BRTA offices, passport offices and corporate entities.
In agriculture and fisheries, proposals include providing low-interest loans to local entrepreneurs and farmers in agriculture-based districts, ensuring alternative employment for fishers during hilsa conservation drives alongside food support, and establishing permanent fish sanctuaries in haor areas.
Other recommendations include setting up accreditation laboratories to test export-quality products such as vegetables, mangoes and betel leaf, establishing district-level food testing labs, and promoting the local bicycle industry through incentives.
Infrastructure proposals include setting up a salt processing plant in Cox’s Bazar, constructing an expressway from Lakkatura to Sylhet Osmani International Airport, and upgrading the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway to eight lanes.
Social protection and governance proposals include replacing food aid with cash support under TR and Kabikha programmes, decentralising recruiting agencies to the district level, establishing foreign language training centres, setting up divisional science research laboratories, and creating district-level fact-checking centres to counter misinformation.
Energy and environment-related proposals include ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply in hill districts, setting up planned waste management centres and water treatment plants across municipalities and unions, promoting alternatives to brick kilns in hilly areas, and providing low-interest loans for environmentally friendly construction blocks.
Other proposals include creating databases for cooperative societies and local government projects, compiling all land-related laws into a single document, amending the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act, 2023, expanding disability service centres to every sub-district, building indoor stadiums in each district, and forming climate resilience funds at district and sub-district levels.
Further recommendations include increasing manpower in district prison hospitals, establishing hostels for children in remote areas to ensure access to education, raising the government share of Hajj pilgrims to 25 percent, re-excavating filled-up public ponds, and identifying and shutting down harmful and inappropriate websites.