Former advisor Asif Mahmud approved files without the secretary’s signature

BD Digest correspondent
reported that former advisor Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan approved a project file without the secretary’s signature, LGRD State Minister Mir Shahe Alam said. He said that the government has formed a 7-member committee to investigate the corruption and irregularities that occurred in the overall activities of the Local Government Department during the Awami League and the interim government.

The State Minister gave this information during a briefing to journalists at the Secretariat on Saturday (May 23) afternoon.

He said that a 7-member investigation committee has been formed with the Director General of the Local Government Department as the convener to investigate the activities of the Local Government Department and its departments and organizations from 2009 to 2026. The committee has been instructed to submit an investigation report within 60 working days.

In the briefing, the State Minister also alleged irregularities in the Pirojpur development project.

He claims that after a project was tendered, about 6,000 crore taka was withdrawn without any work being done. Due to this, various development projects in the district have been closed for the last two years.

Mir Shahe Alam said that initiatives will be taken to launch the stalled projects by visiting Pirojpur soon. He also commented that irregularities and corruption have also occurred in road and bridge construction projects in various districts of the country.