The use of the Mobile Financial Services is increasing for money laundering, bribery, online gambling, cryptocurrency transactions and even terror financing and other illegal purposes, a Transparency International Bangladesh study has suggested...
ANTIBIOTIC resistance is increasingly becoming a global health crisis, primarily driven by the irrational, unnecessary, and non-compliant use of antibiotics. Research reveals that, in 2022 alone, over 3 million children worldwide succumbed to antibiotic-resistant infections. A study by two leading child health researchers highlighted that children in Africa and...
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Thursday urged the interim government to amend immediately the Public Accounts Audit Ordinance, 2025, saying that the ordinance has curtained the constitutional authority of the Comptroller and Auditor General and would pave the way for corruption and tax evasion...
The Transparency International Bangladesh has made a specific recommendation before the interim government to incorporate the provision for ensuring priority of the CAG office and its effectiveness alongside auditing for determining revenues and...
Terming the government鈥檚 attempt to appoint an officer accused of graft in the ACC unacceptable, the Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday raised a question whether efforts were being made to make it ineffective from within the government...
Transparency International Bangladesh has expressed concern over the government鈥檚 decision to appoint Amin Al Parvez, an accused in a graft case, as a director of the Anti-Corruption Commission....
THE virtually overnight suspension of the US government鈥檚 multibillion dollar foreign aid programme channelled through USAID has been headline news in the US and in other parts of the world where this aid has been very important. In the US itself the suspension of USAID programmes has been accompanied by large scale loss of jobs in the aid sector without due...
Transparency International Bangladesh has expressed deep concern over removal of graffiti with 鈥楢dibashi鈥� (indigenous) words from the back cover of ninth and tenth-grade textbooks by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board.
Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions on Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China鈥檚 remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people...
Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China鈥檚 remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people...
ACCESSING government and public services in Bangladesh is fraught with challenges, severely limiting citizens鈥� ability to obtain essential support in a timely and efficient manner. Despite its extensive reach, the public service delivery system remains marred by entrenched issues such as corruption, inefficiency and a lack of transparency, resulting...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Tuesday said that there was scope for misuse of the formulated draft Cyber Security Ordinance as it still contained some repressive provisions similar to those in the Cyber Security Act.
Eminent human rights activist and Impact Foundation Bangladesh鈥檚 founder trustee Mansur Ahmed Chowdhury has been elected as chairperson of Transparency International Bangladesh trustee board....
Transparency International Bangladesh on Tuesday urged the interim government to allow at least one month for a comprehensive review and inclusive participation process before promulgating the draft 鈥楥yber Protection Ordinance, 2024鈥�...
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Monday said that the fall of the authoritarian regime is the biggest political, diplomatic, and strategic defeat for India in the...
Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman has said that the judiciary had played a facilitating role in establishing Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 authoritarian rule...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday expressed concern over the lack of active participation from the private sector in the interim government鈥檚 advisory council and the...
A Dhaka court on Friday placed three alleged snatchers on a one-day remand in a case filed over the robbery near the puja mandap in Tantibazar area, Dhaka.
Tk 51,000 crore or estimated up to 40 per cent of the costs in the construction works carried out under the Roads and Highways Department development projects in the...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Monday said that the interim government has set a worrisome and risky precedent by compromising policy decisions in response to self-interested radical threats.
Transparency International Bangladesh has called for streamlining the information commission and bringing amendments to the Right to Information Act so that Bangladesh nationals can reap the benefit of the right to information.
The government on Sunday removed Mufti Ruhul Amin from his position as khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque due to his absence at duties and his involvement with...
Today is the 130th anniversary of the birth of one of the acclaimed Bengali fiction writers Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay...
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday gave to the interim government a reform agenda containing a 55-point recommendation, including a provision that would bar an individual from serving as prime minister for more than two terms...
Senior US officials met with the Dalai Lama in New York on Wednesday, according to a State Department statement.
The Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Samity and the National Alliance of Disabled Peoples鈥� Organisations on Monday demanded the inclusion of an adviser representing the persons with disabilities in the interim government...
Despite substantial evidence of undeclared assets belonging to former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukhmila Zaman Chowdhury, the authorities concerned had failed to take action for an extended period....
Transparency International Bangladesh released a statement on Friday condemning the forced withdrawal of the quota reform movement by six coordinators through a video message...
In order to justify human rights violations such as large-scale killings, detentions, and unjust actions carried out by law enforcement agencies, as well as to suppress the movement, the government, ruling party, state-run institutions, and the Detective Branch have employed false narratives that are self-destructive, anti-people, and cruel theatrics which people have no reason to trust, the Transparency International Bangladesh has said...
Seventy-four eminent citizens demanded unbiased, independent, transparent, and credible investigations into the killings of students and other citizens during the quota reform movement under the supervision of United Nations high-level experts...