Barishal City Corporation Administrator Advocate Bilkis Akter Jahan Shirin has declared her commitment to establishing a corruption-free city administration. Speaking as the chief guest at a meet-and-greet event with journalists at the Barishal Press Club auditorium on Sunday afternoon, she said that creating a corruption-free city corporation was her first-day declaration. Shirin emphasized that she does not want to hear further allegations of corruption or irregularities and that the city corporation will be reorganized based on collective opinions.

During the event, held under the chairmanship of Barishal Press Club President Aminul Islam Khasru and conducted by General Secretary Zakir Hossain, Shirin acknowledged the contributions of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, former mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal, and current MP Advocate Mojibur Rahman Sarwar to the development of the press club. She also pledged to support the club’s further development within her capacity as administrator.

Later in the day, Shirin attended a separate meeting on civic issues at the city corporation conference room, where she called for public cooperation to restore Barishal’s traditional identity as the “Venice of the East.”