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Three committees were formed to scrutinise damages of the parliament house, parliament member house, old MP hostel, minister hostel, secretary hostel and Sangsad Bhaban residential areas, according to a release of the parliament secretariat issued on Sunday.

The decision was disclosed at a meeting held recently at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its acting secretary (additional secretary, committee support wing) Zebunnesa Karim in chair.


The heads of various departments and related officials of JS Bhaban participated at the meeting on September 4 to get a briefing on the overall situation of their respective departments, the release said.

The meeting was informed that approximately Tk 90 lakh鈥攂oth from official and personal funds鈥攚ent missing from JS Bhaban during the vandalism and looting on August 5. A decision was taken to take appropriate action to refund the cash.

Another decision was also taken to prepare a list of lost and damaged goods of various offices, sub-sections and branches of JS Bhaban and submit it to the head of each department.

It was decided to take necessary measures to repair the damaged computers, printers, scanners, internet connections, telephone exchanges lines and sets in the Bhaban on an urgent basis.