TIB

Roads and highways projects: Up to Tk 50,835cr lost to graft in 15yrs

The country lost up to Tk 50,835 crore in the last 15 years due to corruption in development projects implemented by the Roads and Highways Department, according to an estimation by Transparency International Bangladesh.

TIB calls for two-term limit for prime ministers

Also recommends barring PMs from holding post of party head

CPI 2023: With the lowest score in 12 years, what’s next for Bangladesh?

If Bangladesh is to succeed in corruption control, impunity must be challenged, and the powerful in particular must be brought to justice.

People's loss of faith in elections: To what extent is the EC to blame?

The EC's attempts to portray the election as participatory and fair seem to have been more focused on appearance than on genuine efforts to achieve these goals.

TIB speaks the same language as BNP: Quader

Parliament session will make opposition clear, he says

11th Parliament spent 16.7% time on lawmaking: TIB

The Bangladesh Parliament spent only 16.7 percent of parliamentary proceedings time on formulating laws, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said in its latest “Parliament Watch” report

Dirty business of medical waste management

Govt action necessary to curb this epidemic.

Remittance outflow crosses $100m -- thru legal channel

Outward remittances from Bangladesh through legal channels crossed the $100-million mark for the first time in 2021 as more foreigners are working in the fast-growing economy, data from a global organisation showed.

September 16, 2022
September 16, 2022

Only a level-playing field can make difference: TIB

Ensuring that the upcoming parliamentary polls are free, fair and inclusive is a challenge in pursuit of good governance and a functioning democracy, Transparency International Bangladesh has observed.

September 11, 2022
September 11, 2022

The unjust and discriminatory face of corruption

The cost of grand corruption in Bangladesh is only continuing to go up.

May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022

Amnesty, TIB, RSF have no credibility in Bangladesh, says Hasan Mahmud

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today came down heavily on Amnesty International, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Reporters without Borders (RSF) for what he called their “biased take on human rights, press freedom and corruption in Bangladesh”.

May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022

TIB urges Railways Minister to step down over suspension of TTE over 'fining relatives'

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today expressed deep concern and outrage over suspending of a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) of Pakshey Division of Bangladesh Railways after he fined three passengers who were travelling without tickets, introducing themselves as the relatives of the railway minister.

April 25, 2022
April 25, 2022

Transparency International did a non-transparent job: Health Minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today rejected Transparency International Bangladesh’s recent report on Covid-19 treatment, terming it completely “baseless and done on purpose”.

December 10, 2019
December 10, 2019

TIB’s anti-corruption cartoon exhibition underway

Marking the International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9), Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) inaugurated their 14thAnti-

April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019

5% increment not adjusted with new RMG wage board: TIB

The latest wage board that recommended the new salary structure for the garment workers did not adjust the five per cent annual automatic increment with the basic of the new structure, the findings of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) say.

April 21, 2019
April 21, 2019

Wasa water clean!

Dhaka Wasa managing director yesterday boasted that Wasa water “is 100 percent pure” while also admitting that sometimes he himself boils the water at his home.

March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019

Ensure constitutional rights of Dalits, indigenous people

A recent TIB study shows that the Dalits and indigenous communities of the plain lands in Bangladesh have been facing widespread socio-economic discrimination, often being deprived of education, healthcare, even government's basic immunisation programmes, and employment as well as other basic human rights.

March 11, 2019
March 11, 2019

Unfairly treated for ethnicities

The Dalits and indigenous communities of the plain lands in Bangladesh face widespread socio-economic discrimination because of their identities, says a study conducted by Transparency International Bangladesh.