A total of 38 officials, including commissioners, have been transferred simultaneously in the customs department. Among the transferred officials are three commissioners, four joint commissioners, five additional commissioners, eight deputy commissioners, and eighteen assistant commissioners.
BNP candidate for Dhaka-8 constituency, Mirza Abbas, has alleged that Jamaat and its 'offspring' (NCP) have installed Dr. Yunus in power and are now participating in the election from that advantaged position. He claimed that the head of government himself has said that they put him there. Therefore, he alleged, Jamaat and the NCP are contesting the election from a position of power.
The interim government's Foreign Affairs Adviser, Md. Tawhid Hossain, has remarked that the responsibility for Bangladeshis not getting visas lies not with him as the Foreign Affairs Adviser or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but with the entire country's "system".
Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiul Alam has stated that the power handover process will be completed in the shortest possible time. He said the entire process could be finished within three days. That is, the handover could occur by February 15 or 16. The government will not take longer than February 17 or 18 for this, he said.
The government has set new office hours for government, semi-government, autonomous, and semi-autonomous institutions during the holy month of Ramadan.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has remarked that a new weapon called a 'propaganda bot' has been created. He stated that the roots of nationalist forces cannot be uprooted through misinformation and falsehood.