Dhaka, July 2 -- Agriculture and Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday said that appointment of project directors will strictly be based on merit and competence, warning that any form of lobbying will be considered disqualification.

"Regarding appointment of project directors, many officials try to use different channels for lobbying. Let me be clear, any kind of lobbying will be treated as disqualification," he said while speaking at a project evaluation meeting organised by the Ministry of Agriculture at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) auditorium in the capital.

He said that project directors will be appointed based on merit and qualifications.

Briefing journalists after the me...