BNP submits audit report to EC showing Tk 20.37m deposit

BNP on Sunday submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for the 2022 calendar year, showing a fund of Tk 20.37 million in reserve, reports UNB.

A BNP delegation, led by its Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, handed over the financial report to Election Commission Secretary Md Jahangir Alam at Nirbachon Bhaban in the city.

The delegation also included party chairperson's adviser Abul Khair Bhuiyan, international affairs secretary Nasiruddin Awsim, Dhaka district BNP president Khandakar Abu Ashfaq, assistant office secretaries Monir Hossain and Abdus Sattar Patwari.

According to the report, BNP earned Tk 59.20 million (5,92,04,632) and spent Tk 38.83 million (3,88,33,803) in 2022.

The party's both income and expenditure marked a significant increase last year. In the 2021 calendar year, the party showed Tk 84.12 million (84, 12, 944) as income against its expenditure of Tk 19.84 million (1,98,47,171).

Talking to journalists, Rizvi said they submitted the audit report to the EC as per routine work.

He said the major sources of BNP's income came from the party members' subscriptions, donations and the interests of the money deposited with banks.