$16b siphoned off annually during AL regime: White Paper

$16b siphoned off annually during AL regime: White Paper

An average of 16 billion dollars were illicitly siphoned off from Bangladesh every year during Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, leaving the country in a “state of plunder” when she fled after a popular mass uprising, a White Paper on the state of the economy during her rule said on Sunday. The committee submitted its report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon...

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