, April 25 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged public administration officials to move beyond a bureaucratic mindset and serve as 'servants and friends of people,' saying their integrity, efficiency and accountability are key to the government's success.

"You are the link between making policies and putting them into action. Your honesty, competence and accountability form one of the key foundations of the government's success," he said while addressing officials after the inauguration of the new Training-cum-Dormitory Building of BIAM Foundation at its auditorium in Dhaka.

Highlighting the need to modernise governance, he said the world has already entered the era of artificial intelligence and the Fourth Industrial Revo...