The sub-committee of the parliamentary standing committee on post and telecommunication ministry has said it is pondering over finding out a way on how to make an integrated company with Bangladesh TeleCommunications Company Ltd. (BTCL), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd. (BSCCL) and TeleTalk Bangladesh Ltd.

"If an integrated company can be formed with those three companies then the existing organogram of Board of Governors of the companies will be changed. One chairman will be appointed in place of present three directors. And there will be an 11-member executive committee, which will include three MPs," chief of the sub-committee Abdul Kuddus said while briefing journalists following a meeting yesterday.

The committee observed that handing over government organisations to private ownership was not a wise decision and it was also an unwise decision to set up three companies dividing the now defunct BTTB. So the committee has recommended enacting law to prohibit the government from handing over the BTCL to private ownership. Besides, the committee is also thinking on how to make the BTCL time befitting, he added.

The now defunct BTTB has establishments at every upazila of the country, whose cost is estimated to be more than Taka one lakh crore. But according to the report of a World Bank-guided team, the cost is only Taka 20 thousand crore. The committee will investigate the matter, Kuddus said.

The parliamentary watchdog will also inquire into the corruption and irregularities at the post and telecommunication ministry during the 2001-2008 period. "Many have made allegations of corruption and irregularities against former telecommunication minister Barrister Aminul Huq. Inquiry is going on into the allegations. Report will be submitted after completion of the investigation," he said.