At a time when the government has adopted various austerity
measures, 140 officials want to travel abroad to learn how to write population
reports at a cost of Tk 30 million. The proposal has drawn questions from
officials within the Planning Commission itself. Facing strong objections from
them, the Health Education and Family Welfare Division’s proposal is being sent
back.
Foreign travel in the name of training under development
projects is nothing new. Bureaucrats often travel abroad w...
