Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)

Cyber security / Oppressive mechanism still there in draft law: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday said the recently-approved draft of the Cyber Protection Ordinance-2024 may threaten citizens’ freedom of expression and dissent, and the right to organise as well as media freedom.

Awami League’s legacy of corruption should serve as a cautionary tale

TIB reveals how citizens were held hostage to bribery for everyday services

Abolish CHT ministry, replace with diversity commission: Iftekharuzzaman

CHT ministry was merely pursuing infrastructure projects that eroded the hereditary indigenous culture

Government must do more to ensure press freedom

Robust protections for journalists and media houses essential

Benazir's corruption and the crisis of accountability

Benazir's case shows that top police and Rab officials can abuse power for personal gains without any accountability.

Halt bank mergers

The Transparency International Bangladesh has urged the central bank to stop the process of merging weaker banks with the relatively stronger ones.

How long will we play the victim card?

Government must walk the talk on preventing corruption

Bangladesh slips two notches in Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: TI

The country has ranked 149th in the CPI 2023, a list compiled by anti-graft watchdog Transparency International

Column by Mahfuz Anam / TIB: The forever ‘villain’?

Learn from its reports and give this anti-graft body its due

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

January 7 polls one-sided, staged to appear competitive: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today termed the 12th parliamentary election as a one-sided one that was staged to appear competitive, and said it was an “ominous sign” for the country's democracy and the future of elections

September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023

Climate funds perpetually stuck in a scam-ridden bank

How long till Farmers Bank pays back what’s due?

September 12, 2023
September 12, 2023

Corruption, corruption, everywhere

The planning minister’s comments in this regard should be taken seriously.

September 1, 2023
September 1, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: DSA to CSA, a sham of a reform

Journalists’ fate is again being determined in the dark.

July 12, 2023
July 12, 2023

‘Health services deeply troubled by corruption, lack of accountability’

Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), talks about how corruption and a lack of good governance have crippled the country's healthcare services.

June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023

What’s happening at the Holy Family Hospital?

Ensure good governance to improve the services of this once-famous hospital

June 15, 2023
June 15, 2023

Why this relentless assault on anti-graft efforts?

Proposed restriction on ACC’s access to suspects’ tax files is unacceptable

April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023
January 9, 2023
January 9, 2023

Don’t clip the wings of investigators

ACC empowering its secretaries to transfer and promote investigation officers is illogical

December 29, 2022
December 29, 2022

Another year of missed opportunities against corruption

High-level pledges against corruption continued to be reiterated in 2022, as in the past several years.