Bangladesh has been ranked 147 out of 180 in corruption by Transparency International, which said it was one of the countries with a concerning trend of weakening of anti-corruption institutions. The country has dropped one notch on the Berlin-based organization’s Corruption Perception Index 2021 with the score unchanged at 26. The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100. Bangladesh is the second most corruption-riddled country in South Asia with Afghanistan (with a score of 16) being the worst, according to the rankings. Bangladesh is the second most corruption-riddled country in South Asia with Afghanistan being the worst, according to the rankings.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 25, 2022 07:32 UTC