Staff Correspondent: To alleviate the suffering of service recipients and ensure greater transparency and accountability in the administration’s activities, a new service called ‘Hello DC’ is being launched in the Dhaka District Administration. Through this, any citizen of the district can directly communicate their grievances, information and opinions to the District Administrator.
Dhaka Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Magistrate Farida Khanam made these remarks at a meeting with media workers at the Dhaka Deputy Commissioner’s conference room on Sunday (May 17). At the event titled ‘Meeting with Media Workers’, the Deputy Commissioner described journalists as the ‘mirror of the nation’.
Calling for people to feel free to report any irregularities in the office of the District Administrator, Farida Khanam further said, “If any service recipient is harassed in any office of the Dhaka District Administration or if you come across any irregularities in the office, then you should report it fearlessly and without any hindrance. The platform we are going to launch called ‘Hello DC’ will also allow marginalized people to directly report their grievances. Based on your reports and direct information from citizens, we can take quick and effective action.”
It is worth mentioning that Farida Khanam created history by joining as the first female Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district on April 22. This talented and skilled officer of the 25th BCS (Administration) cadre has previously served with great distinction as Deputy Secretary in the Public Security Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The appointment of Farida Khanam, who completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from Dhaka University, is being considered a unique symbol of women’s empowerment and inclusive progress in the country’s administrative history.
Due to his firmness in implementing policies, honesty and versatile administrative experience in his career, he has already received a positive response from all quarters. His strong and people-friendly leadership at the top position of an important district has instilled new hope among the general service recipients.
Leaders of Dhaka Court Reporters Unity and journalists working in the court were present at the exchange of views. They welcomed this groundbreaking initiative of the Deputy Commissioner and highlighted the various challenges faced by journalists in collecting information at the field level.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Md. Abdul Wares Ansari, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT) Shamima Sultana, Additional District Magistrate Md. Shamim Hossain, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development and Human Resource Management) Md. Mahabub Ullah Majumder and Circle Officer and Senior Assistant Secretary of Tejgaon Circle Tariqul Islam were present in the meeting.
Besides, UNO of Savar Upazila Md. Saiful Islam, UNO of Dhamrai Md. Al Mamun, UNO of Keraniganj Md. Umar Faruk and UNO of Nawabganj Dilruba Islam were present.
