Speaker Jamir Uddin Sircar, also former CPA president, did not divulge even in 11 days the finds of a probe body report on the failure to play the national anthem at the October 7 inaugural session of the conference.

The probe body submitted its report to the speaker on October 22.

Earlier, Sircar said he would disclose the probe report to the press within a week of its receipt.

Deputy Speaker Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui, who headed the CPA conference coordination body, too has not come up with any estimate on the expenditure of the conference.

Sources said last week he asked heads of the nine subcommittees on the conference to submit their expenditure report soon.

The speaker and deputy speaker are keeping the prime minister, also former vice-patron of the CPA, abreast of all developments and waiting for her advice, the sources added.

The prime minister inaugurated the conference.

Sircar told newsmen on Thursday, "The report is still being scrutinised. It will be made public as early as possible.''

He also said he had not yet gone through the report. He would read it if the prime minister wanted him to do so, he added.

Confusion about the anthem glitch arose from the very beginning as the probe body formed on October 7 failed to submit a report within 48 hours despite the prime minister's directive to do so. Rather, the speaker restructured the body on October 10 in consultation with her.

Headed by Chief Whip Khandakar Delwar Hossain, the probe body questioned 16 people including the deputy speaker and secretary of the parliament secretariat.

About the expenditure of the CPA conference, the deputy speaker said, "I am trying to disclose the report on expenditure of the conference as soon as possible. If any misappropriation is detected, action will definitely be taken against those responsible.''

The amount allocated for the conference was over Tk 7 crore.