During the 15-year rule of the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina, an average of about 16 billion US dollars had been laundered from the country every year.
On Sunday (December 1), at a function organized at the office of the Chief Adviser in Tejgaon in the capital, the committee formed headed by Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, the head of the white paper formulation committee formed to investigate irregularities and corruption in the economy, submitted their report to Dr. Muhammad Yunus.
Later, the Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said that the report of the white paper committee has revealed that an average of 16 billion US dollars had been laundered abroad every year during the rule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted in the mass uprising of students and the public.
He said that the white paper report has analyzed each sector of the economy separately and shown how statistics have been manipulated to create a story of development. Although the story of development is being told, a grand ritual of looting is going on inside.
Accepting the report, the chief adviser said, "This report is a historical document for us. The kind of incident that happened in the financial sector was a matter of panic. This incident happened in front of us but no one talked about it," he mentioned.
When the Awami League government was ousted from power in the student-public movement, the interim government that came to power formed this committee to publish a white paper highlighting the overall economic situation of the country. The 12-member committee was formed headed by eminent economist Debapriya. The committee started work immediately after the committee was formed on August 28. In addition to meeting among themselves, they took the opinions of the stakeholders.
At the time of formation of the committee, it was said that this white paper would contain recommendations to determine the state of the country's macro-economic and sector-wise economy and what to do for the future.