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Dhaka, Mar 24 BNP has brought allegations of corruption against the government and said people want to know the details of assets of the ministers and the prime minister.
"They've looted resources of the country worth thousands of crores," party's acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a programme on Saturday.
"Padma bridge project, quick rental power plants, distribution of VGF-VGD cards, civil aviation firms – corruption is everywhere," he said.
The World Bank has even suspended funding for the bridge project over corruption, he added.
Awami League has not fulfilled its electoral pledge to publish account details of properties of prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other ministers, though three years have passed since the party took charge, the BNP leader said.
"Now the people of the country want to know the asset details of the prime minister and her cabinet colleagues," he added.
In July last year, the government had made declaration of accounts a must by all ministers and those holding positions of similar rank. A guideline in this regard was also published.
Following the move, quite a few of the ministers and others of that rank submitted their tax returns to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), but the Cabinet Division is yet to make public how many of them actually submitted their property details.
'ISI MONEY CHARGE FALSE'
Alamgir also termed 'false' the prime minister's claim that BNP and its chief Khaleda Zia took money from Pakistani intelligence agency ISI before some general elections.
"The Pakistan foreign ministry said on Friday that news on the spy agency giving money to BNP is false, imaginary and baseless ... we have been saying that right since the beginning," he said.
British newspaper Daily Mail's online version on Mar 15 reported that former ISI chief Asad Durrani had told the Supreme Court that the intelligence agency had given BNP money before the 1991 election.
Prime minister Hasina has been flaying the opposition following the publication of news.
The Pakistan foreign ministry on Friday termed the news 'baseless'.
In a counter-charge, Alamgir referred to a report of The Economist and said Awami League took 'sacks full of money' from a 'neighbouring country' before the 2008 election.
"None has said that the news is false," he added.
"They've looted resources of the country worth thousands of crores," party's acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a programme on Saturday.
"Padma bridge project, quick rental power plants, distribution of VGF-VGD cards, civil aviation firms – corruption is everywhere," he said.
The World Bank has even suspended funding for the bridge project over corruption, he added.
Awami League has not fulfilled its electoral pledge to publish account details of properties of prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other ministers, though three years have passed since the party took charge, the BNP leader said.
"Now the people of the country want to know the asset details of the prime minister and her cabinet colleagues," he added.
In July last year, the government had made declaration of accounts a must by all ministers and those holding positions of similar rank. A guideline in this regard was also published.
Following the move, quite a few of the ministers and others of that rank submitted their tax returns to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), but the Cabinet Division is yet to make public how many of them actually submitted their property details.
'ISI MONEY CHARGE FALSE'
Alamgir also termed 'false' the prime minister's claim that BNP and its chief Khaleda Zia took money from Pakistani intelligence agency ISI before some general elections.
"The Pakistan foreign ministry said on Friday that news on the spy agency giving money to BNP is false, imaginary and baseless ... we have been saying that right since the beginning," he said.
British newspaper Daily Mail's online version on Mar 15 reported that former ISI chief Asad Durrani had told the Supreme Court that the intelligence agency had given BNP money before the 1991 election.
Prime minister Hasina has been flaying the opposition following the publication of news.
The Pakistan foreign ministry on Friday termed the news 'baseless'.
In a counter-charge, Alamgir referred to a report of The Economist and said Awami League took 'sacks full of money' from a 'neighbouring country' before the 2008 election.
"None has said that the news is false," he added.
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