The four-day Deputy Commissioners’ (DC) Conference began in Dhaka on Sunday (May 3) after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman inaugurated the event at Osmani Memorial Auditorium.

He inaugurated the conference at 10:30AM, where he goes on foot from his office at the Secretariat.

At that time, people standing on both sides of the road greeted the Prime Minister and he responded by waving at them.

The conference will include 34 sessions, including 30 working sessions, where 498 proposals--selected from 1,729 submissions by field administration--will be discussed. Key agenda items include health services, land management, law and order, local government, disaster management, employment, social safety, e-governance, education and infrastructure development.