Finance minister evades office fearing mosquito infestation

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said he was not going to his office at the economic relations division in the Planning Commission in fear of mosquito bites.

‘Mosquito infestation at the ERD office at Agargaon is high,’ he said while answering to a question whether he would from now on hold office at the ministry of finance at secretariat.

‘I will hold office in both places but at present I am evading the planning commission,’ he said.    

He also said he had already suffered mosquito-borne viral disease dengue and chikungunya.

Mustafa Kamal was infected with dengue days before placing his first national budget in parliament on June 13.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina read out the remaining budget after Mustafa Kamal retired from announcing the budget due to fever.

He, who was made finance minister in January from his pervious portfolio of ministry of planning, was more frequent at the ERD than the ministry of finance.

One of the major reasons behind his preference of holding office at the ERD is easy transportation scopes between the ERD office and his home at Gulshan amid traffic snarl in many parts of the city.      

Mustafa Kamal said it took more than an hour to reach the ministry of finance from his house.

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