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JICA-funded Jamuna Rail Bridge faces audit, ACC scrutiny

Serious allegations of corruption and large-scale financial irregularities have surfaced in the Jamuna Railway Bridge construction project, one of Bangladesh’s largest foreign-funded infrastructure ventures, casting a shadow over a project hailed as a milestone in national rail connectivity.

Audit reports and official documents from the Railways’ Audit Branch, the Foreign Aided Projects Audit Directorate (FAPAD) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) point to alleged irregularities involving more than Tk 3,000 crore. The findings raise questions over non-transparent expenditure, inflated pricing, weak internal controls and repeated deviations from government financial rules and contractual conditions. This foreign-funded railway bridge...

Atiur, Barakat sued among 23 others

Twenty-three individuals, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman and former Janata Bank chairman Abul Barakat have been filed in a case by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charges of embezzling Tk297 crore from AnonTex Group. ACC Deputy Director Md Nazmul Hossain filed the case on Thursday, accusing the individuals of fraud and forgery in collusion with bank officials. Among the accused are former deputy governor-2 Abu Hena Mohammad Razi Hasan, former assistant director Ismat Ara Begum, former...
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