The government has appointed new deputy commissioners to four districts- Chandpur, Netrokona, Sherpur, Jamalpur. Read: President shocked at death of journalist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday, saying the order will take immediate effect. According to the notification, Kamrul Hasan, personal secretary to the Health Minister, has been made Chandpur DC while Chandpur DC and Magistrate Anjana Khan Majlish was made Netrokona DC. Read: Rohingya man held with 1.06kg crystal meth in Cox’s Bazar Besides, Sahela Aktar, deputy secretary to Public Administration Ministry, has been made the DC of Sherpur while Cox's Bazar District Council Chief Executive Officer (Deputy Secretary) Srabonti Roy was made DC of Jamalpur.

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 11 districts including Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar.

The Food Ministry on Wednesday directed the deputy commissioners to update the list of the deprived population for distributing the Tk 10/kg rice of open market sale (OMS).   A letter was sent to the DCs in this regard, according to a media statement.   DCs were also asked to include the underprivileged people who don’t have card of Food Friendly Programme (FFP) and provide them 20/10kg OMS rice each; excluding the already listed people of FFP and Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programmes.   Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said during this crisis moment of coronavirus pandemic, the officials and staff of Food Ministry and Directorate General of Food have been working to distribute OMS rice among poor and unemployed people risking their lives just like doctors.   They would also continue the food collection programme with honesty and modesty in the upcoming Boro season, he hoped.   Majumder also warned of strict legal action if any official is found to be involved with corruption and irregularities.   A huge number of people under the poverty line have been hit the hardest during the government announced general holidays aiming to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.   Bangladesh reported 219 new coronavirus cases and four more deaths on Wednesday, taking the number of fatalities in the country to 50 while 1,231 coronavirus cases are detected in the country so far.