Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on January 17 told the Parliament that he has proof and is aware of how much Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) paid to US lobby firms over the last five years, reports The Daily Star. Speaking on the thanksgiving motion, on President Abdul Hamid's speech, the state minister said the first document he got hold of was on hiring a lobbyist -- Akin Company Associates -- in the United States in 2015. "An agreement, with the address of BNP's Naya Paltan office, was signed with them. The agreement was valid for three years and US$ 50,000 was given per month - meaning that a total of nearly two million dollars were paid to them," said the State Minister. The junior minister said he has 10 such documents in this regard, and showed some documents in the Parliament.