Rajshahi, October 27, 2026 (V7N) – Acting Divisional Commissioner Rezaul Alam Sarker has emphasised accelerating the implementation of development projects in Rajshahi Division, ensuring road safety, properly supervising the Prime Minister's priority initiatives, and strengthening coordination in public service delivery.
He directed the concerned departments to take necessary initiatives to regularly review the progress of ongoing projects and complete the work within the stipulated timeframe.
He gave the directives while chairing the Divisional Development Coordination Meeting held at the Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner's Office.
Heads of various government departments at the divisional level attended the meeting in person, while deputy commissioners of all eight districts joined online. They presented updates on their ongoing activities, project progress and implementation-related challenges.
"We have no scope to fail in implementing the Prime Minister's priority initiatives, including tree plantation," the divisional commissioner said.
To ensure the proper care and protection of planted saplings, he directed five departments to present photographs and videos of their tree plantation activities at the next meeting.
At the meeting, the Roads and Highways Department reported that the tendering process for various works under the road safety project on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway had been completed and implementation had begun. The progress of development work on the Bogura-Sirajganj and Bogura-Naogaon highways was also reviewed.
The Department of Social Services reported that 74 percent of the development work at Rajshahi Shishu Paribar and 60 percent at Bogura Shishu Paribar had been completed. Under the Family Card programme, 915 tablets had been received, and data entry for 65,000 families had been completed. The concerned department was instructed to present details of the programme's data collection and verification procedures at the next meeting.
Regarding the development of the silk industry, the meeting was informed that a programme to plant 200,000 mulberry saplings had been inaugurated. Plans are underway to open showroom corners in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Bogura and Sylhet to expand the marketing of silk products. Initiatives to sign memorandums of understanding with Ikeda University and the Nomura Silk Museum in Japan were also discussed.
Regarding market monitoring and anti-adulteration activities, the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection reported that 110 market monitoring drives had been conducted and 164 mobile court drives had been carried out through the district administrations. Special drives had also been conducted in Pabna and Sirajganj to curb milk adulteration and control milk prices.
Ahead of the upcoming Union Parishad elections, the meeting was informed that applications for inclusion in the voter list and changes to voter areas or addresses would be accepted from November 4 to November 20. Eligible voters will be able to apply in the prescribed manner.
At the meeting, a representative of the Department of Information urged officials concerned to inform the Regional Information Office about the development and public welfare activities of various government departments.
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