Can we rise back up from the abyss of corruption?
The recommendations of the Anti-Corruption Reform Commission must be implemented with a specific focus on the ACC’s true independence and accountability.
12 February 2025, 02:00 AM
Why bringing the laundered money back may not be easy
Dirty money is conveniently welcomed in host economies, becoming clean until proven otherwise.
9 December 2024, 03:00 AM
External forces must not interfere with the media
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), speaks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star.
12 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Does the crushing fall of Awami League augur true victory of the people?
Whether the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime will eventually lead to a sufficiently robust democratic transition remains to be seen.
6 August 2024, 15:00 PM
Move away from blame game and confrontational power politics
The Appellate Division verdict of July 21 has opened the scope for resolution of the main issue around the demands coming from the quota reform movement.
22 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Costs of high-level corruption: Further down the kleptocratic route
Collusive abuse of power is a major reason why perpetrators of high-level corruption can get away scot-free in Bangladesh.
29 June 2024, 02:00 AM
Corruption control: Can the righteous and benevolent exercise of monopolized power help?
Corruption is a global menace that no country has succeeded in bringing down to zero level.
27 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Anti-Corruption Commission: How can it be truly effective?
A policy of zero tolerance against corruption announced by the prime minister is at the core of the election manifesto of the Awami
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh descends in corruption ranking
Transparency International (TI) released its Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2018 on January 29, 2019. Bangladesh has scored 26 out of 100, two points lower than the 28 in 2017. The slide is worse in terms of ranking. Bangladesh has been ranked in the 149th position from the top among 180 countries, which is six steps lower than the 143rd in 2017.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Is 'anti-corruption' only rhetoric or also a reality?
December 9 is observed as the International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) to mark the adoption of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2003.
8 December 2018, 18:00 PM
It could have been better
Bangladesh has scored 28 on a scale of 0-100 according to the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017 released by Transparency International (TI) on February 22, 2018. The score is two points higher than that of 2016, which ranked Bangladesh 17th from below, two steps better than the previous year's position of 15th. Counting from the top we are at 143, which is also an improvement of two steps from 2016.
22 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Promoting transparency
The government of Bangladesh recognises combating corruption as critical to progress towards realising the Perspective Plan - Vision 2021, the 7th Five Year Plan (7FYP) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM
We deserve better
Bangladesh has scored 26 on a scale of 0-100 according to the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2016 released by Transparency International (TI) on January 25, 2017.
25 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Corruption control–is it feasible or a fantasy?
Under SDG target 16.5, Bangladesh is under obligation to “substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms”
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
We can do better
According to the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015 released by Transparency International (TI) on January 27, 2016, Bangladesh has scored 25 in a scale of 100, same as last year and two points less than 2013.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Corruption and political instability: A threat to security?
“Under former President Moi, his Kalenjin tribesmen ate. Now it's our turn to eat," so said politicians and civil servants belonging to the then newly elected Kenyan president Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe in January 2003 to John Githongo, Minister for Governance and Ethics.
11 March 2015, 19:46 PM
Directives against CHT
THE Government of Bangladesh, the Ministry of Home in particular, has come up with a set of directives concerning the indigenous people of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) that are contradictory to the 1997 Peace Accord and detrimental to the core values and spirit of the country's Liberation War and independence.
4 March 2015, 18:00 PM