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Stronger CAG role in Public Audit Bill urged

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...

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Women’s security demanded as rape protests on

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.

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Overhaul needed to break procurement monopoly

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...

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5pc contractors get 61.31pc e-procurement  contract value: survey

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.

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TIB raises question over move to appoint graft accused in ACC

Terming the government’s 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...

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Corruption increased in last year of AL regime

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.

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Transforming public service

ACCESSING government and public services in Bangladesh is fraught with challenges, severely limiting citizens’ 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...

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Draft CSO risks misuse, contains repressive provisions: TIB

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.

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Mansur Ahmed elected TIB trustee board chair

Eminent human rights activist and Impact Foundation Bangladesh’s founder trustee Mansur Ahmed Chowdhury has been elected as chairperson of Transparency International Bangladesh trustee board....

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TIB for review before issuing Cyber Protection Ordinance

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 ‘Cyber Protection Ordinance, 2024’...

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Iftekharuzzaman suggests controlling energy investors

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. 

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Tools against corruption should not be rhetorical

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...

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$12-15b laundered every year, estimates TIB

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 $12–15 billion was illicitly transferred out of the country each year...

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TIUS, TIB urges US to help Bangladesh recover its stolen assets

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...

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Combatting corruption

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...

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None to hold office of govt, party chiefs at a time: TIB

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...

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Overhaul of BFIU, ACC, CID, NBR is indispensable: TIB

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....

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Govt must overhaul Cyber Security Act and then redraft rules

THE observations that Transparency International Bangladesh has made on the Cyber Security Rules 2004 — consequent on the Cyber Security Act 2003 passed in September 2023 — 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...

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