Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has earned Tk1m by selling trees, while she earns over Tk700,000 as salary every year and over Tk1,38,000 from house rent, according to the affidavit she had placed in the election commission for vying in the 10th parliamentary polls.
Her annual income from the agricultural sector stands at Tk75,000, said the statement, which also added that she annually earns Tk4,50,000 from hatchery business.
Sheikh Hasina who referred politics as her profession and her dependents have a bank deposit of Tk4,647,185; which was Tk2,079,067 ahead of the 2008 polls.
The prime minister and her dependents have Tk498,000 cash in hand, along with a deposit of over Tk10m at the Jatiya Sangsad branch of the state-owned Sonali Bank.
In 2008, the bank deposit was over Tk31.8m.
She and her family members have savings certificates in the post offices and other banks worth over Tk51.2m, according to the affidavit.
The values of her ornaments and the furniture remained the same – over Tk1.32m and Tk740,000 respectively.
Meanwhile, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad in his latest affidavit said his annual income from his ‘job’ (as a member of parliament) stood at over Tk1.45m, while his earnings from businesses stood at over Tk62,000 every year, which was Tk450,000 in 2008. The former military ruler who is now a director of the newly-launched
Union Bank has bonds, letter of credit and shares of listed or unlisted companies worth Tk400m. His income from the shares, saving certificates and bank deposit stands at Tk9.15m, while he has a fixed deposit receipt (FDR) of Tk75m. In 2008, the income was Tk25m.
Ershad, referring his profession as “chairman and proprietor,” said he has over Tk12.6m in cash. His deposit in the banks and financial institutions stands at over Tk1.7m. Ershad has three cars valued at Tk4.65m, Tk7.45m and Tk150,000; while his electronic items are worth Tk350,000 and the furniture worth Tk250,000.
Two ministers, Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haq Inu, in their affidavits disclosed that their annual incomes from participating in television talk shows were Tk175,000 and Tk182,200 respectively.
Referring his profession as the managing director of Sudipto Printers and Packages, Workers Party President Menon disclosed that his annual income from his business stood at Tk600,000. He has Tk150,000 in cash while his wife had Tk30,000 and $300.
Menon’s deposit in the banks and the financial institutes stands at Tk1.02m and his wife’s at Tk200,000.
Menon owns savings certificates worth Tk50,000 against his wife’s Tk2.5m. The Menon couple has non-agriculture land worth Tk3.5m, while Menon’s wife owns two flats received as shares from the developers.
Hasanul Haq Inu, the president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, mentioned politics and engineering as his profession in the affidavit. The sources of income for him and his dependents are business, job and TV shows.
The earning from the business stands at over Tk800,000 per annum while the salary fetches Tk1.65m every year.
