The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has uncovered evidence of corruption in the ‘Bangladesh Sustainable Recovery Emergency Preparedness and Response Project’ (B-Strong), a Tk 1,909 crore initiative under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED). Following an inspection, ACC Assistant Director Papon Kumar Saha revealed that expenses in multiple segments of the project had been inflated. The World Bank is funding this massive recovery effort aimed at mitigating losses caused by the devastating floods of 2024. Notably, each solar streetlight has been priced at Tk 72,000, despite little need for such installations. Although 60 motorcycles were proposed, the Planning Commission approved only 36. Additionally, suspiciously high costs were reported for items like computers, laptops, and educational materials — with four laptops alone budgeted at an astonishing Tk 11 lakh.