The annual conference of the deputy commissioners (DCs) gets underway in the capital today, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina likely to give them some directives ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls.

The prime minister has asked the deputy commissioners to take a stand against corruption. We welcome this instruction being timely and appropriate.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the public servants to take a strong stance against corruption to root out this menace from the country at any cost to deliver benefits of the country's development to all.