Chief Advisor to Meet Six Reform Commission Chairs on September 19

The venue of the meeting is yet to be confirmed.

Chief Advisor Dr Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to meet heads of six reform commissions on Thursday (September 19).

The meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m., several officials of the reform committees confirmed to the Business Standard, wishing not to be named.

As of 9pm today (17 September), the venue for the meeting had not yet been confirmed.

The heads of the reform commissions said that they had only been informed of the date and time so far.

Further details, including the venue and agenda, will be communicated by someone from the chief adviser’s office, they said.

However, a competent source indicated that the agenda would probably include discussions on the formation of a reform committee. In addition, the meeting would focus on specific activities and working procedures of the committees.

Sources also confirmed that each commission could consist of nine members.

Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus announced the formation of six committees to lead state reform initiatives following the recent political transition.

These commissions will focus on election management, police administration, the judiciary, the Anti-Corruption Commission, public administration and constitutional reforms.

The chief councilors appointed six eminent citizens to head the respective commissions of these sectors.

In a televised address to the nation on September 11, marking one month since he took office as chief adviser to the caretaker government, Yunus said the full committees would be formed later this month and would officially begin work on October 1, with a goal of completing the tasks within the next three months.

“Based on the reports of the commission, the government will hold consultations with relevant stakeholders to finalise the reform framework. This framework will also help understand how these reforms will be implemented,” he said.

The heads of the reform commissions are Badiul Alam Majumder for electoral reform, Safar Raj Hossain for police administration, former Appellate Division Judge Shah Abu Naeem Mominur Rahman for the judiciary, Iftekhar Zaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh, for the Anti-Corruption Commission, Biman Bangladesh Airlines chairman and former adviser to the caretaker government Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury for public administration and Supreme Court lawyer Shahdeen Malik for constitutional reform.