Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chairs a regular cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday PIDEmerging from the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam told media: “The draft was approved in principle on December 12, last year for further queries by legislative division. After scrutinising the full draft, now the cabinet has given final approval.”
“The proposed legislation was expected to be framed regarding the services of the three service chiefs in line with the Constitutional provision enacted 44 years back.
“So far the process (of their appointment, retirement, salary and allowances) was being done by an official order – ‘Joint Service Instructions’,” Shafiul Alam added.
According to the proposed law, the chiefs of three forces will receive salary in same scale of the Cabinet Secretary in addition to the allowances.
On expiry of their four-year tenure, they will be deemed disqualified to be reemployed in any civil or military administration.
However, they can get appointment in any constitutional position and work contractually in any private organisation, the draft law said.The cabinet has given the final approval to the draft of the “Defence Forces Chiefs (Appointment, retirement and Salary and Allowances) Act, 2017 with a provision that defence chiefs can hold the office for maximum four years.
The approval came from the regular cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
In the draft, the Ministry of Defence proposed that the President would appoint the chiefs of defence forces and they would hold the office for maximum four years at a stretch or with extension if they are not given retirement in public interest or opt for voluntary retirement themselves.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chairs a regular cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday PIDEmerging from the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam told media: “The draft was approved in principle on December 12, last year for further queries by legislative division. After scrutinising the full draft, now the cabinet has given final approval.”
“The proposed legislation was expected to be framed regarding the services of the three service chiefs in line with the Constitutional provision enacted 44 years back.
“So far the process (of their appointment, retirement, salary and allowances) was being done by an official order – ‘Joint Service Instructions’,” Shafiul Alam added.
According to the proposed law, the chiefs of three forces will receive salary in same scale of the Cabinet Secretary in addition to the allowances.
On expiry of their four-year tenure, they will be deemed disqualified to be reemployed in any civil or military administration.
However, they can get appointment in any constitutional position and work contractually in any private organisation, the draft law said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chairs a regular cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday PIDEmerging from the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam told media: “The draft was approved in principle on December 12, last year for further queries by legislative division. After scrutinising the full draft, now the cabinet has given final approval.”
“The proposed legislation was expected to be framed regarding the services of the three service chiefs in line with the Constitutional provision enacted 44 years back.
“So far the process (of their appointment, retirement, salary and allowances) was being done by an official order – ‘Joint Service Instructions’,” Shafiul Alam added.
According to the proposed law, the chiefs of three forces will receive salary in same scale of the Cabinet Secretary in addition to the allowances.
On expiry of their four-year tenure, they will be deemed disqualified to be reemployed in any civil or military administration.
However, they can get appointment in any constitutional position and work contractually in any private organisation, the draft law said.