Recommended by the Anti-Corruption Commission, the health ministry ordered the Directorate General of Health Services on Jun 9 to ban those suppliers and their companies. One of the blacklisted suppliers is Rubina Khanam, owner of Rahman Trade International and Rupa Fashion, a clothing store. In its letter to the DGHS, the health ministry mentioned that multiple cases have been filed against the ‘dishonest’ contractors. “It cost the government a large sum of money.”Following investigations, the ACC filed cases against those companies over the past years. “We have a team to monitor the graft and irregularities in the health sector and we have filed some graft cases based on their investigation.

Source: bd News24 June 14, 2020 12:10 UTC