No corruption, no apathy

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the new members of the Bangladesh civil service to work as public servants and not to indulge in corruption and allow apathy in their activities.
‘Don’t indulge in corruption and don’t let others to indulge in corruption. You must discharge your duties with honesty as public servants because all of your salaries and allowances come from the hard-earned money of the common people,’ she said.
The prime minister said this while addressing the certificate award ceremony among participants of the 60th foundation training course of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city.
Sheikh Hasina directed the new civil service officials to make sure there is no sluggishness in their activities due to bureaucratic tangles. ‘Discharge your duties with utmost patriotism…you must love and know the country and its people. You can’t neglect the common people….you must ensure they always get the desired services.’
Putting emphasis on maintaining the rule of law in the country by public servants, she said there would be no development without the rule of law and stability.
Finance minister AMA Muhith, public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam and state minister Ismat Ara Sadique also spoke at the function as special guests.
Senior secretary of the ministry of public administration Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury and rector of BAPTC ALM Abdur Rahman also addressed the function.
Under the programme, BPATC and nine other organisations provided six months’ training to some 728 officials from different BCS cadre services.
Earlier, the prime minister distributed medals and certificates among some 40 best performing participants.