The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has suspended a ward councilor of Brahmanbaria municipality over irregularities in relief distribution.
The suspended ward councilor is Md Makbul Hossain, 10 no ward councilor of Brahmanbaria sadar municipality.
The LGRD Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Sunday.
So far, 55 public representatives have been suspended for misappropriating relief materials.
Among them, 20 are UP chairmen, 33 UP members, one Zila Parishad member and two councilors of a municipality.
The notice also asked the suspended public representatives to explain through respective deputy commissioners why they should not be removed permanently from their posts within 10 days