...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide..., of being involved in the Padma bridge corruption.
"The names of the prime minister, Finance Minister AMA Muhith and former communications minister Syed Abul Hossain were mentioned in the World Bank letter," he said, without mentioning how he had come to know this piece of information.
Mirza Fakhrul, acting secretary general of the main opposition, was addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
He also said the international community was now pointing fingers at the premier and that the government should step down.
The ruling Awami League men had already embezzled $35 million even before the start of the bridge construction, the opposition leader alleged.
"The Awami League had promised that it would show zero tolerance to corruption but the fact is that corruption is now rife everywhere from the grassroots level to government high-ups."
Asking the government to make public the World Bank letter on the issue, he said it had been revealed in national and international media that persons close to the prime minister's family were also involved with the Padma bridge corruption.
Zia Adarsha Sangsad organised the programme, which was chaired by BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan.