JS body to comment on Agrani loan irregularities

A parliamentary body yesterday formed a three-member sub-committee to comment on a Bangladesh Bank report on widespread allegations of irregularities in loan disbursement from state-run Agrani Bank.

The parliamentary standing committee on estimate also asked the sub-committee to provide a report within a month and recommend how to improve the bank's financial condition, sources in the committee said.

The sub-committee is headed by independent MP Yusuf Abdullah Harun and includes ruling Awami League MPs Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh and Wasika Ayesha Khan.

BB submitted the report at the parliamentary body's meeting yesterday. Details could not be known immediately.

Meeting sources, however, told The Daily Star that several hundred crore taka was provided to various individuals and organisations without risk factors being assessed.

The parliamentary body in an earlier meeting expressed serious dissatisfaction over the irregularities and had asked the BB to submit a detailed report on the bank's present condition.