Govt plans to hold first UNO conference on 1 Dec, DC conference from 31 Jan

The government is set to hold a conference of upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) for the first time, modelled on the annual Deputy Commissioners’ (DCs) conference, on 1 December.

According to sources, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will formally inaugurate the conference. The event is likely to be held at the China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital.

Sources at the Cabinet Division said the division organises the DC conference every year as part of its regular practice. In a similar initiative, the government has decided to organise the Upazila Nirbahi Officer Conference 2026 for the first time, bringing together UNOs to ensure effective implementation of government policies and priorities at the upazila level, a crucial tier of field administration.

The annual Deputy Commissioner (DC) conference is scheduled for 31 January to 3 February next year.

The conference will discuss a range of issues related to implementing the government’s priority programmes, including coordination of development activities at the upazila level, accelerating public programmes and development projects, land management, maintaining law and order, strengthening local government institutions such as upazila parishads and union parishads, disaster management, relief and rehabilitation, construction and renovation of rural infrastructure, poverty alleviation programmes, controlling commodity prices, agricultural development, implementation of social safety net programmes and maintaining religious harmony.

Senior secretaries or secretaries of the Local Government Division, Ministry of Public Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Land, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Health Services Division, Ministry of Social Welfare and Ministry of Religious Affairs are also expected to provide direct guidance at the conference on the challenges faced by UNOs while performing their duties at the field level.