A ruling Awami League lawmaker, whose annual income was stated to be around Tk 1 lakh before the election, has bought a luxury minivan for Tk 22 lakh. M Meraj Uddin Mollah, MP from Rajshahi-3 (Paba-Mohonpur) constituency, splashed out on a Toyota Noah at a showroom in Chittagong on September 29.
Serious questions have been raised about inclusion of a member of parliament (MP) in a parliamentary committee in which he has direct personal interest. The same MP is allegedly misusing his power, as a member of the said committee, for his personal interest at the cost of public interest.
Former speaker Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar has said a parliamentary committee's recommendation for cancelling his membership of parliament was "unconstitutional", and he would take legal action if the recommendation was acted on.
The parliamentary probe body is set to place its report today before the House asking it to cancel the MP status of former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar.
The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday witnessed a debate on the existing Warrant of Precedence regarding the status of the parliament members.
Police arrested former MP Nazim Kamran Choudhury, husband of former caretaker adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury, along with two close relatives on Thursday, on charges of forcible occupation of a Gulshan property.
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নারায়ণগঞ্জে আওয়ামী লীগের এমপি সারাহ বেগম কবরীর উপস্থিতিতে তার ক্যাডার বাহিনী ফতুল্লা বাজারে নিত্যপ্রয়োজনীয় পণ্য বিক্রেতা বহুমুখী সমবায় সমিতি লিমিটেডের অফিস আবারো দখল করে নিয়েছে। গতকাল বুধবার দুপুরে কবরী উপস্থিত থেকে তালা কেটে অফিসটি সন্ত্রাসীদের দখল করিয়ে দেন। অফিস দখল করার জন্য ঢাকার শ্যামপুরের দুর্ধর্ষ সন্ত্রাসী সেন্টু ও তার ৫০-৬০ সহযোগীকে আনা হয়। এসময় পুলিশ ঘটনাস্থলে উপস্থিত হলে তাদেরকে নানাভাবে শাসিয়ে দেন কবরী। এনিয়ে ফতুল্লায় তোলপাড় সৃষ্টি হয়েছে।
Chief Whip Abdus Shahid today said he would return Tk 1 lakh he had taken from the parliament member club fund for medical treatment during the eighth parliament when he was in opposition.
Speaker Abdul Hamid said Sunday he would provide all MPs offices in their constituencies in addition to ones in Dhaka.
Dhaka court on Wednesday sent former Awami League MP and corruption convict Haji Mohammad Selim to jail after he surrendered. Judge Sirajul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge's Court refused him bail.
