Dirty money is conveniently welcomed in host economies, becoming clean until proven otherwise.
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), speaks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star.
Whether the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime will eventually lead to a sufficiently robust democratic transition remains to be seen.
The Appellate Division verdict of July 21 has opened the scope for resolution of the main issue around the demands coming from the quota reform movement.
Collusive abuse of power is a major reason why perpetrators of high-level corruption can get away scot-free in Bangladesh.
Corruption is a global menace that no country has succeeded in bringing down to zero level.
If Bangladesh is to succeed in corruption control, impunity must be challenged, and the powerful in particular must be brought to justice.
Governments that score low in corruption indexes are more prone to use force and violence to control and suppress dissensions and protests.
On January 28, 2021, Transparency International released its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020. In the index, Bangladesh has scored 26 out of 100, the same as in 2019.
The coronavirus pandemic has been converted into a festival of corruption in the health sector in Bangladesh. Crises like these do increase the risk of corruption everywhere in the world. However, there is perhaps no other country where corruption has been found to be as awkwardly pervasive as in Bangladesh.
The Swiss Banking authorities published their annual update on deposits of foreign nationals, including Bangladeshis, on June 25. It shows 603.2 million Swiss Francs or Tk 5,367 crores invested by Bangladeshis, which is 2.38 percent less than that in 2019.
The enthusiastic national celebrations of the Mujib Year have the potential of a great historical value in many different ways.
By all credible indications, voting in the two city corporations of the capital has taken place in an uneven playing field—an electoral space that has been intimidatingly patrolled to ensure its monopolisation.
Transparency International (TI) released its Corruption Perception Index 2019 on January 23, 2020. Bangladesh has scored 26 out of 100, the same as in 2018.
The year 2019 was essentially business as usual in terms of corruption in Bangladesh, as it continued to a be challenge of ever-increasing concern except for two notable features that drew public attention.
Media interest on the recently launched high-profile anti-corruption drive appears to be on the wane thanks to many competing issues.
It is well known even the least successful example of democracy is better than no democracy. This is because at the core of democratic principles, is accountability of the government to the people. Although no one size fits all, and depending on historical experiences, cultural, social, political and developmental context, there can be many different ways of progression towards democracy, accountability or checks and balances are the key word in the process.
A policy of zero tolerance against corruption announced by the prime minister is at the core of the election manifesto of the Awami
