Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:57am on 02 Dec 2024,Monday International
A report by Bangladesh's interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus reveals that $16 billion was illicitly siphoned annually during Sheikh Hasina's 15-year tenure. Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya, heading the investigative committee, highlighted inflated project costs and crony capitalism fostering oligarchs. The findings were presented in a 400-page white paper detailing corruption in seven major projects, initially budgeted at 1.14 trillion taka but revised to 1.95 trillion. Yunus described the revelations as a "plunder of the economy," following Hasina's ousting in August by student protests against her authoritarian rule. Key party leaders remain jailed, in hiding, or exiled.
