Three accommodation directorate officers suspended over ‘bribery, irregularities’

Three officers of the Directorate of Government Accommodation have been suspended over allegations of corruption, irregularities, and bribery in the allocation of state housing. They are Deputy Director Rashed Ahmed Sadi, Assistant Director Bilal Hossain, and Assistant Accountant Md Nazrul Islam. In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Housing and Public Works said the suspensions were linked to multiple charges, including recommending housing allocations without considering service grade or basic salary, demanding large sums of money from applicants for D-1 and D-2 category houses, and irregularities during a housing allocation meeting on Sept 7 this year. The previous day, the ministry issued a notification against Deputy Director Rashed, accusing him of amassing substantial wealth and immovable property through...