The High Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the allegation over purchasing of multiple houses by Awami League MP Abdus Sobhan Mia (Golap)  in New York. The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing on a writ petition in this regard. The court asked the ACC to submit the probe report within four months. The court also issued a rule asking why the inaction of the respondents to investigate the allegation against Golap over purchasing multiple houses in New York and acquiring huge illegal property abroad through abusing power should not be declared illegal. Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman stood for the writ petition. Barrister Syed Sayedul filed the writ petition with the HC bench concerned on Sunday seeking investigation into the alleged purchase of nine houses by MP Golap in New York at a cost of 40 lakh dollar. Chief Election Commissioner, Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission, Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) and secretary to the Home Ministry were made respondents in the writ petition. Also Read: HC questions govt’s inaction to free house from AL MP Murshedy’s occupation  A report in this regard was published in a daily newspaper which was attached to the writ. Recently, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a global network of investigative journalism,  published a report on its website where it claimed that AL MP Golap purchased a number of houses in New York at a cost of 40 lakh dollar. According to the report, Golap started to buy homes in New York from 2014 and in five years, he managed to purchase nine houses. The estimated cost of the houses is approximately Tk 42 crore. Golap was elected AL MP from Madaripur-3 constituency in 2018 and he was made the publicity secretary of the Central Awami League in December last. He was also served as the office secretary of the party.    

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the death of AL MP elected from Chattogram-8 Moslem Uddin Ahmed is a great loss for Awami League. “He had the sincerity and dutifulness to the party and responsibility towards the country, It is a big loss for Awami League,” she said taking part in the condolence motion in Parliament. The PM said that the nation will remember him forever as he was a dedicated person for the party and the country. The 75-year-old MP died at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday night where he was being treated for cancer. Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud, Awami League MP Mosharraf Hossain, Whip Samshul Haque Chowdhury, Whip Abu Saeed Al Mahmud Swapan and Jatiya Party MPs Anisul Islam Mahmud, Kazi Firoz Rashid and Mashiur Rahman Ranga also spoke. Hasina said that despite his illness she made Moslem Uddin the president of Chattogram Awami League. Read more: Parliament adopts condolence motion She said that he has come up through politics since his student life and was involved in the politics of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Jubo League and Awami League. “He was always active during the Liberation War in 1971 or the movement before it. He participated in the war,” she said. She recalled that Moslem Uddin and Mohiuddin Chowdhury were also arrested during an operation in 1971. Hasina said that Moslem Uddin was with those who protested in Chattogram against the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “He was active in all movements,” she said. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury moved the motion in the House in the beginning of the session. A one-minute silence was observed and a munajat was offered seeking eternal peace for the departed souls. Tarikat Federation MP Najibul Bashar Maijbhandari conducted the munajat. Later, due to the death of the running MP of the current Parliament, the meeting of the parliament was adjourned as per custom.  

A court here on Tuesday ordered to send former Awami League MP AKM Awal and his wife Lyla Parveen to jail in three separate graft cases on charges of grabbing government land.

Parliament on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief at the demise of Awami League leader and Member of Parliament Abdul Mannan.

Faridpur, July 10 (UNB) – Rushema Begum,  a reserved seat Awami League MP, died of cardiac arrest at a hospital on Tuesday night. She was 85.