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| JS body finds corruption, irregularities by DCC staff |
| 2009-07-17 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A parliamentary sub-committee has detected corruption and irregularities in a number of cases of tender process, development work, tax assessments and leasing out of Dhaka City Corporation bus terminals in the last seven years. The sub-committee yesterday decided at a meeting to set up a temporary office at the DCC Bhaban to gear up its investigation into corruption at the corporation. The parliamentary standing committee on LGRD ministry formed the four-member probe body on July 21 to investigate widespread corruption and irregularities at DCC during the rules of the last BNP-led government and caretaker government. "We have found a number of cases of corruption and irregularities in Dhaka City Corporation during the last seven years," Monowar Hossain Chowdhury, chief of the sub-committee, told reporters after the meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Officials of the LGRD ministry and DCC, who were present at the meeting, also pointed out cases of irregularities and corruption that took place at the DCC during the time. "We have detected irregularities in the development work of the corporation, leasing processes of cattle markets in the city during Eid festivals and leasing of bus terminals," said the committee chief. |
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