The country has dropped two notches on the Berlin-based organisation’s Corruption Perception Index 2020 with the score unchanged at 26. “This is frustrating,” said Iftekharuzzman, executive director of Transparency International, Bangladesh or TIB, at a virtual press conference on Thursday. He said Bangladesh has not been able to change its score since 2012, although it improved one notch in the 2019 index. The data shows that despite some progress, most countries still fail to tackle corruption effectively, Transparency International said. In contrast, Bangladesh scores just 26 and invests little in health care while corruption “flourishes during COVID-19, ranging from bribery in health clinics to misappropriated aid”.

Source: bd News24 January 28, 2021 14:37 UTC