Dhaka, March 29 -- Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (Sunday) said in Parliament that the fascist regime had committed massive corruption in the name of development.

"It's unfortunate for us that utter corruption was committed in the name of mega projects or development during the regime of the past fascist government. It is our realization after we came in power one month ago," he said, replying to a supplementary question from opposition lawmaker Akhter Hossen (Rangpur-4) during the question-answer session in the House, BSS reports.

The Minister said it is also unfortunate that the roads and streets in the northern region remained utterly neglected.

Alamgir, also t...