Senior bureaucrats in the Ministry of Public Administration
allegedly played a ‘special role’ in the 2018 national election to help keep
the Awami League government in power. They were also allegedly involved in
activities opposing the July 2024 mass uprising. Among them were district
commissioners and returning officers in all 64 districts. The Ministry of
Public Administration has finalized a list of 36 such ‘controversial’
officials, including 30 former deputy commissioners. As they have comp...