Bangladesh, Aug. 29 -- Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam on Saturday said the government can't sustain itself without strengthening local government bodies and the current administration's primary goal is to empower these grassroots institutions.

Advertisement "If local government representatives at the village and Union Parishad levels are empowered, discipline will be restored in the villages and the unions," he said while reiterating the current government's commitment to strengthen local government bodies.

He made these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion titled "The role of UP chairmen and members in building a new Bangladesh by strengthening local government" arranged by the Bangla...