Yunus stresses decentralisation of local government, calls for more autonomy

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has underscored the critical need for decentralisation of local government bodies, directing immediate steps to empower grassroots institutions with greater authority, resources, and decision-making capacity. He made the remarks during a meeting of the Council of Advisers held Thursday at the Chief Adviser’s Office in Tejgaon, Dhaka. The discussions focused on how to strengthen union parishads, upazila parishads, district councils, municipalities, and city corporations by expanding their functional and financial independence. In a press briefing later in the day at the Foreign Service Academy on Bailey Road, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam shared key outcomes of the meeting. “Professor Yunus emphasisd that real democracy and development must begin from the grassroots,” Shafiqul Alam said....