{"id":2755,"date":"2025-08-10T16:26:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:11:40","slug":"people-think-yunus-government-is-highly-corrupt-says-journalist-arshad-mahmud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2755","title":{"rendered":"People think Yunus government is highly corrupt, says journalist Arshad Mahmud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">While the chief adviser\u2019s press wing has refuted the allegation of corruption by eight advisers of the Yunus regime, and the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association said the remarks by former secretary and BNP Chairperson\u2019s private secretary, ABM Abdus Sattar, are his personal opinion, people believe that the allegation is not false.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhatever the government says now, its purpose is not served. People do not believe the government\u2019s version. We are learning from various sources that some of the advisers are engaged in corruption centering on case business\u2026the student advisers are also involved,\u201d senior journalist Arshad Mahmud said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xg5fNpIYtK8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talk show <\/a>on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven NCP leader Samantha Sharmin said publicly that he (Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus) came to power to fulfil his own wishes and bag money. Yunus has had his cases withdrawn through executive orders, an exempted tax, and acquired a manpower license, among other benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese allegations came from a top leader of the NCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2732\">Ex-secretary: 8 advisers of Yunus government engaged in massive corruption<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2607\">Yunus-aide TIB concerned over rising corruption, mob violence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHasnat Abdullah (another NCP leader) recently criticised the health adviser, saying that Yunus had appointed his close people; he said he does not know what she is up to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is corruption. Because he (Yunus) does not pay them (advisers) from his father\u2019s pocket, this is the taxpayers\u2019 money. There is no accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u09b8\u09b0\u0995\u09be\u09b0\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ac\u09cd\u09af\u09b0\u09cd\u09a5\u09a4\u09be\u09b0 \u0995\u09be\u09b0\u09a3\u09c7\u0987 \u09ae\u09be\u09a8\u09c1\u09b7 \u098f\u0996\u09a8 \u0986.\u09b2\u09c0\u0997\u09c7\u09b0 \u09a8\u09be\u09ae \u09a8\u09c7\u09df \u0964\u0964 \u0986\u09b0\u09b6\u09be\u09a6 \u09ae\u09be\u09b9\u09ae\u09c1\u09a6 \u0964 \u09ae\u09be\u09b8\u09c1\u09a6 \u0995\u09be\u09ae\u09be\u09b2 | \u0985\u09a8\u09cd\u09af \u09ae\u099e\u09cd\u099a | Kotha\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xg5fNpIYtK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut he does not say anything about these allegations. His propaganda wing does not make a comment or give any rebuttal, even though Hasnat and Samantha are important persons,\u201d the journalist said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They do not have anything to say against the allegations. Moreover, they know that they are engaged in these corruptions, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYunus has taken these advantages. He took the manpower business license. If he (Yunus) had been a patriot, he would have taken such a step that would ease the sufferings of the poor people who go abroad by selling off their land and spending every penny because it\u2019s a highly corrupt sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe thought that this was a huge market that involved thousands of crores. Taking this license was seriously corrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis supporters say he will manage this sector properly. Are his businesses out of the question? There are many criticisms regarding his Grameen Bank and other associated companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYunus is not an angel. He is a human,\u201d Arshad Mahmud added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1920\">Weaponizing Accountability: Allegations of political bias in the Anti-Corruption Commission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=782\">Sheikh Hasina reveals Yunus empire, built on ill-gotten money<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, retired secretary Abdus Sattar said he had the evidence of massive corruption of at least eight advisers of the Yunus-led interim government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, other officials present applauded his remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe intelligence agencies have evidence of the corruption of eight advisers. However, the authorities are not taking any action against anyone,\u201d he said during a seminar at the capital\u2019s Biam Auditorium. However, he did not name the advisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdus Sattar is also the general secretary of the Officers\u2019 Club and the president of the Anti-Discrimination Employees Unity Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cIt is a pity that even though Tk200 crore was found in the APS account of an adviser, no action was taken against him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdus Sattar asked how former Grameen Bank official Nurjahan Begum could run the Health Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIs it right to run two important ministries like the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Youth and Sports with an inexperienced adviser [Asif Mahmud]?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking charge of the government, Yunus has secured huge benefits, while his advisers, including the student representatives\u2014Mahfuj Alam, Asif Ahmed\u2014and retired adviser Nahid Islam, and student leaders of the King\u2019s party, have abused power to earn money illegally using their relatives and personal staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is scrutinising some of the allegations that were published in newspapers recently. However, none of the advisers resigned after the allegations surfaced, nor did a single APS get arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2483\">Banglavision TV reveals brutality by Adviser Asif Mahmud\u2019s reckless father<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2424\">5G project: How Yunus aide Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb is robbing BTCL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2430\">NCP chief Nahid\u2019s aide among 5 arrested for extortion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asif Mahmud has created controversies for excessive spending of public money on travels by using helicopters, helping his father, schoolteacher Billal Hossain, acquire a contractor license from his ministry, and corruption in the recruitment of Wasa, Dhaka City Corporation, BPL, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), and other crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moazzem Hossain, Asif\u2019s former assistant personal secretary (APS) and a student coordinator, was removed from duty in the wake of corruption charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two personal assistants of the health adviser, Nurjahan Begum, were also relieved from their duties after allegations of massive corruption were levelled against them in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yunus\u2019 personal gains<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from securing acquittal from all cases, since taking the oath on August 8, Yunus has also gained huge benefits for himself and his companies through nepotism, irregularities, and corruption, using his position without any obstruction. He has reduced the government\u2019s share in Grameen Bank from 25% to 10% and awarded it tax exemption for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Grameen University has gotten the government nod at a surprisingly fast pace. Moreover, Grameen Employment Services Limited has a manpower export certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latest, the Ministry of Social Welfare is working to hand over its microfinance program worth Tk700 crore to Grameen Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking oath on August 8, Yunus has recruited his close confidantes for the Advisory Council and other important positions of the interim government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yunus\u2019 empire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, Grameen Bank was a project under an institute of the Economics Department of Chittagong University. In 1983, the government established the bank by promulgating a military ordinance. Yunus used to work as its managing director at the Grameen Bank with a salary of Tk6,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He, however, earned a huge sum of money and property soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cases and investigation reports suggest that he transferred Grameen Bank funds to other institutions and companies by different means, which are deemed illegal and unethical. Yunus admits that he did so, in many cases, to evade tax. The ACC filed several corruption cases against Yunus in the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent address, Sheikh Hasina said that Yunus has investments worth $17 billion through his companies, including Grameen America, across the world. In France alone, he has a business of $2 billion and has shares with two or three banks there. He has bought a very expensive flat in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has no shortage of wealth in Bangladesh. In the reports of three banks, he was the owner of Tk118 crore, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Hasina said: \u201cWe took 10 kathas of land in Purbachal. Is it a big crime that we are completely under the radar? None of our sons and daughters are left out\u2026 Joy, Putul, Bobby, Tulip, Rehana\u2026 Is 10 kathas of land a crime? Why did we commit a crime? Don\u2019t we have the right to get 10 kathas of land? We have given all our resources to the people. Don\u2019t our sons and daughters have any rights?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the empire of Yunus, she said that he has 4,800 kathas of land in Purbachal, where he has built a resort named Naisarga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has bought 5 acres of land in Uttara. A branch of Naisarga Resort in Cox\u2019s Bazar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, how did he take so much land in Purbachal? By what law? By what plan did he take it, and will he not have to answer? He will not be tried\u2026 Will he not be held accountable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Hasina said that Yunus has bought land worth Tk6,000 crore all over Bangladesh. \u201cWill it serve the people? Have people received even a single service to date? No one has seen the face of the Ananda School that was supposed to be built by Yunus in Chittagong (on 83 or 87 kathas of land),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the chief adviser\u2019s press wing has refuted the allegation of corruption by eight advisers of the Yunus regime, and the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association said the remarks by former&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,101,42],"tags":[163,77,130,50,56,85,63,64],"class_list":["post-2755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-interview","category-politics","tag-anti-corruption-commission-acc","tag-awami-league","tag-corruption","tag-interim-government","tag-muhammad-yunus","tag-national-citizen-party-ncp","tag-sheikh-hasina","tag-yunus-gang"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2755"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}