Ellen Goldstein, country director of World Bank, speaks at a press briefing in the capital on Sunday.
The World Bank wants the Anti-Corruption Commission to move fast with the investigation in the Padma bridge project, Ellen Goldstein, country director of the global lender, said on Sunday.
“The (WB’s external) panel is encouraging the ACC to move ahead with some speed to deepen the investigation process,” Ellen told journalists at a briefing on the Bangladesh’s economic update at the WB office in Dhaka.
She also said the panel has requested the ACC in written to provide it (panel) with more information on the issue.
The three-member external panel of WB headed by Luis Moreno Ocampo, former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, assigned to review the investigation into the Padma bridge corruption allegation, left Dhaka on October 16 wrapping up its two-day visit.
The visit was the first of a series of visits on the issue.
Ellen said the panel’s next visit is yet to be finalised, but hinted that it may come again in December-January.
On the economic issue, the WB forecast that Bangladesh’s economy will grow at around 6 percent this fiscal year, which is down from last year’s 6.3 percent, mainly due to weak external demand and domestic investment constraints.
WB’s senior economist Zahid Hussain presented the keynote paper on the economy.
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