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Bangladesh MP Resigns Amid Healthcare Center Demolition Controversy
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News18•01-10-2026, 21:30
Bangladesh MP Resigns Amid Healthcare Center Demolition Controversy
- •Ferdousy Ahmed Mishti, a BNP lawmaker, resigned after being implicated in the demolition of the Radda MCH-FP Centre, a non-profit healthcare facility operating for over five decades.
- •The resignation was accepted, leaving her reserved women seat in Dhaka vacant, and the Election Commission has been requested to fill it.
- •The healthcare center, which served low-income individuals, was allegedly demolished by masked individuals six days prior, with a banner for a "like-minded shop owners' cooperative society" replacing its signboard.
- •Home Minister Salahuddiin Ahmed confirmed Mishti's name appeared in an intelligence report regarding the incident, despite her earlier denials.
- •The incident has drawn criticism from civic groups and organizations like Transparency International's Bangladesh chapter and the Centre for Policy Dialogue, highlighting concerns about rising criminal activities and erosion of public confidence.
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Ferdousy Ahmed Mishti resigned following her alleged involvement in the midnight demolition of the Radda MCH-FP Centre, a non-profit healthcare facility in Mirpur that had operated for over fifty years and served low-income communities.
Masked miscreants launched a midnight attack that reduced the charitable healthcare structure to rubble, removed its signboard, and hung a banner in the name of a shop owners' cooperative society.
Home Minister Salahuddiin Ahmed announced that the government will intensify coordinated law enforcement operations involving police and paramilitary forces to target extortion, drug trading, and other crimes.
