UNB, Dhaka :
BNP on Tuesday sought time until September 15 from the Election Commission (EC) to submit its audit report on its financial transaction in 2014 calendar year.
The deadline for submission of the audit report by BNP expires on July 31 next. A two-member BNP delegation, led by its assistant office secretary Asadul Karim Shahin, sought the time extension through a letter to the EC.
They handed over the later to EC additional Secretary Mukhlesur Rahman at around 11:15am. Talking to reporters, Shahin said they could not prepare the audit
report in time as their party acting secretary general and office secretary could not attend office properly due to their arrest in political cases.
He said, though their acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was released on bail on July 14, six months after his arrest, he is now abroad for treatment.
Replying to a question, Shahin said they also could not hold their party council as their most senior leaders are either facing ‘false’ cases or in jail.
Earlier on Sunday, the ruling Awami League sent a letter to the EC seeking extension of the time until August 31 to place its audit report.
BNP on Tuesday sought time until September 15 from the Election Commission (EC) to submit its audit report on its financial transaction in 2014 calendar year.
The deadline for submission of the audit report by BNP expires on July 31 next. A two-member BNP delegation, led by its assistant office secretary Asadul Karim Shahin, sought the time extension through a letter to the EC.
They handed over the later to EC additional Secretary Mukhlesur Rahman at around 11:15am. Talking to reporters, Shahin said they could not prepare the audit
report in time as their party acting secretary general and office secretary could not attend office properly due to their arrest in political cases.
He said, though their acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was released on bail on July 14, six months after his arrest, he is now abroad for treatment.
Replying to a question, Shahin said they also could not hold their party council as their most senior leaders are either facing ‘false’ cases or in jail.
Earlier on Sunday, the ruling Awami League sent a letter to the EC seeking extension of the time until August 31 to place its audit report.
