Transparency International Bangladesh’s Executive Director Ifthekharuzzaman has said he has repeatedly appealed to members of the interim government for action after hostility grew around the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission, but received no redress. On Saturday, speaking at the opening session of the Bangladesh Energy Summit at the Military Museum in Dhaka, he said he had approached at least seven advisors directly as “abusive” campaigns surged against the commission and its members faced security concerns, bdnews24.com reports. The TIB chief said he had asked the advisors to set out the government’s position in support of the commission but was told only that the report was “not a government report”. He asked why any commission’s findings should be dismissed on that basis and said the reaction had emboldened the groups attacking the body’s work.

Source: bd News24 December 06, 2025 13:11 UTC