Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, serving a 10-year imprisonment for corruption, was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Monday, after a night in jail. Subhash Kumar Ghosh, senior jail super of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, said Salim was taken to BSMMU around 9:45 am by an ambulance following a court order as he has been suffering from different diseases. Earlier on Sunday, a Dhaka trial court sent Haji Salim to jail in a graft case rejecting his bail petition. Judge of Special Court-7 Shahidul Islam passed the order when he surrendered before the court. Also read: Graft case: Haji Salim denied bail; sent to jail On February 10, the full text of the High Court’s verdict was published upholding his 10-year imprisonment. The HC asked him to surrender to the trial court within 30 days of receiving the verdict. The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case against Haji Salim, an MP from Dhaka-7 constituency, and his wife Gulshan Ara in 2007 for allegedly amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and hiding information in the wealth statements. Also read: Graft case: Haji Salim to surrender before court this afternoon ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam said, “After this verdict Haji Selim has lost the eligibility to remain an MP according to the article 66 (2) of the Constitution.”

Ruling Awami League lawmaker SM Shahjada on Wednesday sprang a surprise in parliament as he hung around his neck a placard reading: “No more relief, just an embankment.” He took to this unique and rare route of protest in parliament to press his demand for an embankment in his Patuakhali-3 constituency. The AL MP was speaking on the proposed budget for the fiscal 2021-22. Shahjada said he faced public wrath as he went to his constituency recently with relief after the recent cyclone. “The locals do not want relief, they want a permanent solution to the problem of embankments in their coastal areas,” he said.At the end of his speech, he put the placard around his neck with eyes of many members rolling. He said MPs of different coastal areas have to deal with the same situation. On June 1 lawmaker of Khulna-6, Akhteruzzman faced public outrage as he went to Dashalia, badly hit by recent cyclone Yaas. Local villagers were angry about breaches in the fragile embankments. In the recent cyclone Yaas, around 38 villages of Koyra went under water after the flood protection dam was breached in at least 21 points.

The hearing of an appeal filed by Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim against his 13-year jail sentence, for amassing illegal wealth, started on Sunday.

The High Court on Wednesday sought the documents of a corruption case where Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim was handed 13 years' imprisonment.