DHAKA, Dec 10, 2024 (BSS) - A total of 88 cases have been filed in incidents related to the minorities from August 5 to October 22 this year while 70 people were arrested in connection with those incidents.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam revealed the information at a regular press briefing at Foreign Service Academy here this evening.

Mentioning the recent attacks on minorities in Sunamganj, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Dhaka, he said the tally of arrestees and cases will increase as some new incidents happened in those places.

Alam said the detail information in these cases will be disclosed later.

Speaking at the press briefing, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said the committee, formed to review applications of the government officers deprived of promotion during the ousted regime, submitted its report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today. 

The committee was asked to submit its report with a 90-day timeframe but it placed the report with recommendations to the chief adviser before the deadline, he said.

Azad said the committee received 1,540 applications from government officers and after examining those, it recommended promotion for 764 officers with retrospective effect.

On September 16 last, the government formed a five-member committee with former Finance Secretary Zakir Ahmed Khan as the convener to review the applications of both incumbent and retired officers, who were deprived of promotion in their services in various ways during 2009 to August 4, 2024 under the Ministry of Public Administration.

Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Apurba Jahangir was also present at the briefing.