{"id":30635,"date":"2017-02-12T20:05:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T20:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30635"},"modified":"2017-02-12T20:05:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T20:05:57","slug":"bnp-asks-joy-to-seek-explanation-to-wb-over-padma-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30635","title":{"rendered":"BNP asks Joy to seek explanation to WB over Padma bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RIJBIDhaka desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday suggested prime minister\u2019s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy to seek an explanation from the World Bank over Padma Bridge project graft as a Canadian court dismissed such allegations.<\/p>\n

\u2018The prime minister\u2019s son has said those people \u2014from Yunus to opposition parties \u2014shouted bringing the corruption allegation to seek apology following the Canadian court\u2019s verdict. It\u2019s the World Bank that had brought the allegation.<\/p>\n

Why are you not seeking an explanation from them?\u2019 said BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. Speaking at a discussion, he further said, \u2018We\u2019re seeing they (WB) have not backed off from their stance. As journalists contacted them, they said they\u2019re still on their previous position.<\/p>\n

That means they didn\u2019t turn away from their position.\u2019 Swadhinata Forum, a pro-BNP platform, arranged the programme at the National Press Club. In June 2012, the World Bank had cancelled its $1.2 billion fund commitment for the construction of Padma Bridge bringing graft allegations, forcing the government to implement the project with its own fund.<\/p>\n

However, a Canadian court on Friday dismissed the graft allegation in the Padma Bridge project and acquitted three business executives of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. After the court verdict, prime minister\u2019s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy claimed that the World Bank withdrew its Padma Bridge fund bringing a false graft allegation to discredit the Awami League government.<\/p>\n

\u2018Those people who took sides against Bangladesh are unpatriotic. They also owe prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her Awami League Government and all the people whose reputation they hurt an apology. Indeed they owe Bangladesh an apology,\u2019 he said through a post on his verified Facebook page. Rizvi said corruption is the current government\u2019s main motto as the corrupt people are very close to it.<\/p>\n

\u2018Then communications minister Syed Abul Hossain had to resign following the corruption allegation in the project while bridges secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan landed in jail. Later, he was made Industries Secretary.<\/p>\n

It means, corruption is this government\u2019s ideal and manifesto,\u2019 he observed. Rizvi alleged that the government has formulated an \u2018indemnity act\u2019 to steal public money from the power sector. \u2018There\u2019re also corruption allegations against some ministers,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

source: Newage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday suggested prime minister\u2019s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy to seek an explanation from the World Bank over Padma Bridge project graft as a Canadian court dismissed such allegations. \u2018The prime minister\u2019s son has said those people \u2014from Yunus to opposition parties \u2014shouted bringing the corruption allegation to seek apology […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n