The government has decided to promote at least 250 bureaucrats in the ranks of deputy secretary, joint secretary, additional secretary and secretary, within the shortest possible time. This is part of reforms in the civil administration before the next parliamentary election. The Superior Selection Board (SSB), responsible for recommending promotion for government
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Civil admn loses dynamism
After four years of the Awami League-led government, the civil administration has become unstable due to promotions against duty posts, bypassing seniority, tendency to post many competent officials as officers-on-special duty (OSDs), and non-implementation of recommendations of administrative reform committees. The pyramid structure of the country’s civil