Padma Bridge
Quader frustrated over fiasco
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday expressed his frustration over how the donor agencies were handled for funding Padma bridge while a ruling party MP accused the finance minister of misleading the premier about the issue.
According to sources, at a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the communications ministry, Quader also said the finance minister did not inform him about the details of the World Bank loan agreement to fund Padma bridge.
After the meeting, which was held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Quader said construction work of the bridge would begin on time.
At the meeting, committee member and Awami League MP Golam Mawla Roni criticised the finance minister for his remarks on Padma funding. “Sometimes we become confused by his remarks,” Roni said.
“The finance minister is misleading the prime minister by giving her various information,” Roni told The Daily Star after the meeting.
Roni said he urged Quader to talk to the prime minister and clear his position on Padma bridge financing.
Contacted by The Daily Star, Omar Faruk Chowdhury, AL MP and another committee member, said he told the meeting, “There are some ministers who are speaking about other ministries. They should comment on their own ministries."
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