Ruling Awami League lawmaker and former information minister Abul Kalam Azad on Wednesday said a conspiracy is on to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in which some ruling party members are also involved for money. The treasury bench lawmaker came up with the remark while participating in a general discussion on the assassination of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975. He, however, declined to say anything in Parliament in details regarding his claim. He mentioned that If he could told  the prime minister privately about the alleged plot. Read: Russia-Ukraine war may strain Bangladesh’s balance of payments, PM Hasina tells Parliament The former minister said that DGFI, NSI, DB and other intelligence agencies are not giving right information to the prime minister. He advised the prime minister to collect information using her own mechanism and foil the conspiracy. He also said BNP and Jamaat are still plotting with money coming from abroad. He also urged the PM to look after the party members working at district and upazila levels.

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.