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The Global Corruption Perception Index of 2016, [235] published on 25 January 2017 indicates that, even though Bangladesh gained one point in the scoring, it slipped six positions in the worldwide ranking to 145th of the 180 countries in the Index. In this ranking, the country whose public sector is perceived to be the most honest is ranked 1 ...
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector [1] corruption, as assessed by experts and business executives. [2] The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
On the basis of ACC's report, Dhaka district judge court acquitted all the seven government officials who were believed to be involved in the corruption plot. [11] Before that, ACC even exonerated Syed Abul Hossain and ex-state minister for foreign affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury from the allegation of involvement in the corruption conspiracy. [12]
Corruption allegations and convictions against top leaders of ousted governments are not new in Bangladesh. Hasina's main predecessor as prime minister, Khaleda Zia faced similar charges, which ...
The National Coordination Committee Against Corruption and Crime was created in 2007 as an informal authority with significant powers. The creation of the committee was overseen by M. A. Matin, the then communication advisor to the caretaker government and retired major general of Bangladesh Army. [2]
A Labour minister has been embroiled in a Bangladeshi corruption probe after the country’s government accused her of helping her aunt embezzle billions of pounds.. City minister Tulip Siddiq ...
In 2020, the parliamentary session had to be stopped after around 100 employees of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat were infected with COVID-19 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. [12] In 2022, it returned 800 million BDT to the government treasury; the money was saved due to fewer working days during the pandemic. [13]
A court in Bangladesh sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son and heir apparent on Wednesday to nine years in prison after finding the opposition leader guilty in a corruption case filed ...