Bangladesh, May 23 -- State Minister for Local Government Mir Shahe Alam has accused Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, an advisor to the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, of bypassing core protocol while approving a project file without the concerned secretary's signature.

The state minister raised the allegation during a press briefing at the Secretariat on Saturday.

Asif Mahmud categorically denied the allegation, dismissing it as a clear demonstration of "administrative ignorance of the government's rules of business".

Shahe Alam described the alleged file clearance by the former advisor as "completely illegal" and framed it as part of a broader pattern of "institutional misconduct".

"Massive institutional irregularities and...