Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday wondered for whose sake Bangladesh was 'cheated', referring to the World Bank cancelling the contract to provide loan for the Padma bridge project.
"How corruption takes place when (the World Bank) did not disburse any money? For whose sake they have cheated with the people of the country. I know they are very powerful," said Hasina at the national conference of Awami League's volunteer front Swechhashebok League on Wednesday.
The Washington-based global lending agency cancelled its contract to provide $1.2 billion loan to the $2.9 billion project saying it had credible evidence of corruption in the project.
Another major financier of the project, the Asian Development Bank also followed WB by going back on its promise of giving $610 million to the project.
"How corruption takes place when (the World Bank) did not disburse any money? For whose sake they have cheated with the people of the country. I know they are very powerful," said Hasina at the national conference of Awami League's volunteer front Swechhashebok League on Wednesday.
The Washington-based global lending agency cancelled its contract to provide $1.2 billion loan to the $2.9 billion project saying it had credible evidence of corruption in the project.
Another major financier of the project, the Asian Development Bank also followed WB by going back on its promise of giving $610 million to the project.
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