The committee formed by the interim government to investigate the irregularities and corruption in the country’s economic sector submitted report to Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Sunday (Dec 1). Head of the committee Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya handed over the report to Chief Adviser at the Chief Advisor's Office in Tejgaon in the capital, local media reported.
Receiving the report, the Chief Adviser said, this report is a historical document. The occurrences happened in the financial sector during the past regime was a matter of concern, he said.
Muhammad Yunus said public money was robbed in front of all but nobody talked about it.
Later, the Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told National News Agency of Bangladesh – BSS that according to the White Paper average US$16 billion has been laundered abroad every year during the regime of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said the White Paper has examined each sector of the economy separately and showed how statistics were manipulated to create a story of development.
Although the story of development was portrayed, there was a grand looting behind the development story, Alam said.
