BD rises 4 places on Democracy Indexbdnews24.com :Bangladesh has gained four places on the latest Democracy Index, compared to the previous year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. That falls in line with the EIU's finding that Asia recorded the highest improvement in its score out of any region. Bangladesh ranks 88th with an overall score of 5.57 on the Democracy Index 2018, compared tothe 92nd position with a score of 5.43 a year ago. Bangladesh's score on the Democracy Index 2017 fell to its lowest in a decade. Despite gains on the latest index, Bangladesh is still classified as a hybrid regime and is way behind India, a flawed democracy, that climbed only one notch to the 41st spot.

Source: bd News24 January 09, 2019 10:52 UTC