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...
Discussants at a roundtable in Dhaka on Sunday said that steps such as actionable guidelines to minimise political influence in local governance, fostering transparency, empowering local government officials, and practical approaches for boosting people鈥檚 participation in governance should be taken to bring a decentralised system in the country...
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 on Saturday said that while it was difficult to determine the exact amount of money laundered from Bangladesh, various estimates suggest that an average of $12鈥�15 billion was illicitly transferred out of the country each year...
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...
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.
Transparency International US and Transparency International Bangladesh have said the United States can show its genuine partnership by playing a proactive role in helping the people of Bangladesh recover the assets that rightly belong to them and that are so desperately needed to rebuild its future...
Transparency International Bangladesh and Transparency International-US in a joint letter have asked the US government to freeze the money smuggled out from Bangladesh.
BANGLADESH stands at the crossroads of a national reckoning. Of many serious issues facing the nation, first and foremost is the dire need to combat corruption. According to a Transparency International Bangladesh survey report, citizens of Bangladesh perceive political parties (62 per cent ) and the parliament (40 per cent) as among the most corrupt...
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...
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...
The recent repression of the students鈥� quota reformation movement for government jobs, coupled with unprecedented deaths and destruction, highlights severe...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Thursday called upon the government to immediately stop repressive measures against students and announce acceptance of all their legitimate demands...
Planning minister major general (retired) Abdus Salam on Tuesday asked the concerned officials to strengthen further the statistics and informatics division through working with honesty and transparency imbued with patriotism...
The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday issued rules on external audit of banks with the aim of strengthening financial governance, transparency and accountability in the country鈥檚 banking sector...
THE observations that Transparency International Bangladesh has made on the Cyber Security Rules 2004 鈥� consequent on the Cyber Security Act 2003 passed in September 2023 鈥� suggest that the government has not made the course correction that it needed even after repeated criticism of the law by the well-meaning section of society...
Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman expressed concern on Thursday about the proposed Cyber Security Rules 2024 saying that...
The DSE Brokers Association on Tuesday said that lack of transparency and accountability were the major barriers to growth in the capital market...
The income and assets of the candidates participated in the upazila elections and their dependents as well saw a staggering increase in the past five years, said...
