The so-called anti-corruption drive was initially received with excitement and great enthusiasm in the media and in public discourse. However,…
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In 2009, Bangladesh was ranked 139th in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by Transparency International (TI). That year, Vietnam was…
Bangladesh has dropped two notches in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023 of Transparency International and now ranks 10th from…
Ganosamhati Andolan holds a discussion on ‘all-pervasive corruption and the state’s pathway’ at the National Press…
WASHINGTON — The United States is “committed to working with Bangladesh to fight corruption,” Donald Lu, U.S. assistant secretary of…
Monday marked a tumultuous day for Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina, culminating in her resignation as the Prime Minister of…
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At a technology center in Bangladesh’s capital, young women huddle around a computer, discussing a coding…
Fred De Sam Lazaro: The Grameen Bank grew quickly, 97 percent owned by millions of its female borrowers, success that…
Corruption has long been rampant in Bangladesh. The country topped Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) every year between 2001…
Getty ImagesMs Hasina has overseen Bangladesh’s economic progress but critics say she has also turned autocraticBangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…