Bdbusinessdaily.com – On 8 September, Foreign Affairs State Minister Humaiun Kobir informed the national parliament that the United Arab Emirates holds no record confirming the departure of former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed from its territory. The clarification came during a parliamentary session and carried significant weight, as it directly addressed a circulating claim that the ex-IGP had obtained bail in Dubai and then flown onward to the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia.

The minister’s intervention was prompted by a formal notice tabled by Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem, a lawmaker affiliated with the Jamaat-e-Islami party. Invoking Rule 147(1) of the parliamentary rules of procedure — a mechanism that allows members to seek written or oral answers on matters of public importance — Quasem pressed the government to disclose the status of its diplomatic and legal efforts to secure Benazir’s return to Bangladesh.…