THE much-expected shift in mainstream political culture is far from a reality although it has been a year since the fall of the Awami League regime. A Transparency International Bangladesh study that reviewed the performance of the interim government since August 8, 2024, when the government under review was installed, reports political violence, partisan control of state...
A study carried out by the Transparency International Bangladesh found that the promise of building a 鈥楴ew Bangladesh鈥� through state reforms was facing significant setbacks as the culture of corruption, grabbing, extortion, and politicising remained unchanged during...
Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman on Saturday alleged that no commission had been formed to reform the education sector whereas the historic July uprising began from the educational institutions...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday urged auditors and chartered accountants to ensure more transparency and integrity in financial reporting and auditing to increase investment...
IN TERMS of communicational and behavioural transparency, expressive organisations are clear and fair in their business dealings that they are vested with. On the contrary, bureaucratic organisations have been stigmatised as opaque and grey in managing their affairs. Even there was a time, 141鈥�87 BC, when bureaucrats were largely positioned into offices weighing...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has called for allowing its professionals the authority to conduct financial audits, particularly for small and medium enterprises to foster competition and improve transparency in the country鈥檚 audit system...
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...
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...
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday placed an 11-point charter of demands, including ensuring security for women in all educational institutions and workplaces, to prevent violence against women.
THE findings of a Transparency International Bangladesh study are worrying in that the top 5 per cent of the contractors working with the top 10 ministries could secure 61.31 per cent of the total contract value given out on electronic procurement system in 12 years since 2012. The bottom 10 per cent of the contractors could, however, secure less than 1 per cent of the...
A Transparency International Bangladesh study has found that the top 5 per cent of contractors working under the top 10 ministries secured 61.31 per cent of the total contract value awarded through the e-government procurement system over the past 12 years.
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...
BANGLADESH has ranked the 151st, two steps lower than the 2023 rank, in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 that Transparency International released on February 11. The 2024 score is Bangladesh鈥檚 worst since 2012, which has identified the country with a 鈥榮erious corruption problem鈥� where the government loses the 鈥榗ontrol of corruption鈥�. It remains the second lowest...
Transparency International in its Corruption Perception Index 2024 indicated that corruption was increasing in Bangladesh as the country slipped two steps in its global Corruption Perception Index to 151, jointly with Congo and Iran.
Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday urged a new national energy plan prioritising renewable energy and eliminating the influence of fossil fuel lobbies...
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.
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 has called on the interim government, political parties, citizens, and the younger generation to seize the opportunity created after the fall of an...
NATIONAL elections play a pivotal role in shaping the political, economic, and social direction of a country, serving as the cornerstone of democracy and the foundation for governance, stability and public accountability. They empower citizens to exercise their right to vote, enabling the collective voice of the populace to determine leadership and...
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�...
THIS piece is not about the crisis or the chaos that the country is now facing after successfully toppling the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. Rather, it is about the crisis of confidence and social capital or trust 鈥� interlinked, nonetheless...
Energy sector investment has to be controlled to prevent in future the rise of authoritative government like the one of Sheikh Hasina, said Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman.聽
Anti-corruption initiatives will not be successful unless political and bureaucratic culture changes in the country, said Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman on Sunday...
PASSPORT, road transport administration, law enforcement and judicial services have come up to be the top four corrupt services sectors from 2017 to 2023, as Transparency International Bangladesh surveys for 2023, 2021 and 2017, the latest three of the surveys that the corruption watchdog have published since 1997, show. In the 2021 and 2017 surveys, the most corrupt service sectors were the same and in the...
AN INVESTIGATIVE report by a British news agency once again shows that politicians and businesspeople linked to the deposed Awami League have laundered huge wealth off Bangladesh. The report, conducted by the Observer in collaboration with Transparency International that British newspaper Guardian published on November 30, shows that prominent Bangladeshi politicians and businesspeople own top-flight...
