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By Jennifer Williams
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| Transparency International Bangladesh’s (TIB) latest Corruption Database Report, based on incidents reported in the Bangladeshi press, reveals that the country lost US $75 million to corruption in 2005. Of the 38 sectors surveyed, police, education, health & family welfare and private sector were listed as "most corrupt". |
The Corruption Database Report, released 5 July, documents over 2000 cases of corruption spanning 38 sectors. The most common form of corruption was found to be abuse of power, with bribery and extortion following close behind. The report has sparked anger from Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, who threatened TIB with legal proceedings if it did not withdraw its findings. TIB received similar threats from the government with the release of their September 2005 Corruption Database Report.
The report recommended that the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission be made fully operational and that the government develop effective deterrence measures and press monitoring systems.Last September’s report continues to cause the government problems. The Communications Ministry, which had promised legal action against TIB for the findings, has failed to provide any information to the parliamentary probe on the report.