{"id":69161,"date":"2021-05-28T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=69161"},"modified":"2021-05-28T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:22:34","slug":"why-begum-zia-whitened-black-money-hasan-asks-bnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=69161","title":{"rendered":"Why Begum Zia whitened black money, Hasan asks BNP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka:<\/strong> Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud\u00a0 came down heavily on opposition BNP for criticising the government for giving the scope of whitening block money in the next budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did Begum Zia whiten black money?\u201d he questioned while speaking at a COVID-19 safely gears distribution programme, arranged by AL subcommittee on relief and social welfare affairs, at the AL President\u2019s Political Office in the capital\u2019s Dhanmondi area.<\/p>\n

Speaking as the chief guest, Hasan said BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia herself made black money white, and asked a question to BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir saying what would be
\nthe answer of it.<\/p>\n

The information minister mentioned that late Saifur Rahman, who was the finance minister during the tenures of Abdus Sattar, Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia, also gave the scopes of whitening the black money in national budgets.<\/p>\n

He asked the BNP leaders to answer first why they whitened black money themselves and then criticise the government.<\/p>\n

For the sake of economy, Hasan said this opportunity is given to legalise the \u201cundisclosed money\u201d in many countries of the world, including Europe, the USA, India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not that I fully support it (the scope of whitening back money) forever, but in fast-growing and developing economy like us, this opportunity has been given for the greater interest of economy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The AL joint general secretary said BNP should applause the government since the GDP growth of Bangladesh increased even amid the coronavirus pandemic. The per capita income of the country\u2019s people
\nalso surpassed the neighboruing India, he added.<\/p>\n

Reiterating that the Awami League always stands by people during disasters, he said during the first wave of COVID-19, the BNP leaders sometimes pretended to stand by people and used to hold photo sessions
\nto show off.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven they don\u2019t do so now. They are busy in criticising the government,\u201d Hasan added.<\/p>\n

Chaired by AL relief and social welfare secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, the function was addressed, among others, by AL organising secretary SM Kamal Hossain, subcommittee member Md Shahjalal, acting secretary general of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Md Abdul Majid.<\/p>\n

Later, the COVID-19 safety goods were handed over to the representatives of Chapainawabganj, Sherpur, Meherpur, Satdhira districts and Moralganj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud\u00a0 came down heavily on opposition BNP for criticising the government for giving the scope of whitening block money in the next budget. \u201cWhy did Begum Zia whiten black money?\u201d he questioned while speaking at a COVID-19 safely gears distribution programme, arranged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n