Reports of plunder of the country’s wealth appear in the media both at home and abroad frequently. Bangladesh also topped the list of corrupt countries several years earning a bad name for the nation. There is hardly any sector which is free from corruption. There was a time when postal and education sectors were considered free from corruption but even those sectors are now in the grip of corruption, media reports said. Study conducted by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in...
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The authorities are too forceful in asking people to pay taxes or face punishment, but none cares to do their duties for looking after public convenience. In the capital city Dhaka, the people are living with all kinds of denial of services. Most of all, only few roads including the VIP road are usable for Dhaka dwellers and traffic logs are also most intense on these few roads compelling the commuters to be locked in cars and buses for hours....
There is hardly any sector, where the government can claim credit for good and efficient management. The reasons behind such failures can be attributed to absence of transparency, accountability and all pervasive corruptions of the administration. It is generally accepted when the government itself suffers weakness of efficiency and corruption, the whole administration cannot avoid its bad influence. Nothing in the administration works efficiently. Only police and RAB power are increasing, but grim is also on the increase. Most unusually,...
Saidur Rahman Shahid, a former Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Ward Commissioner was arrested from his Gandaria residence in the city by elite force RAB with four fire arms and 62 ammunition on Tuesday. Of the four weapons found in his possession three are illegal while the other one is licensed, RAB told the media. Police source say Shahid was in jail for some years in connection with some cases containing serious allegations including the murder of advocate Habibur Rahman Mandal....
Both Bangladesh and India hailed the verdict announced by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague on Monday. Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali hailing the decision on Tuesday said the ruling as a “victory and a win-win situation for both sides”. The court drew a new maritime border that awarded Bangladesh 19,467 square kilometres of sea area out of a total disputed area of 25,602 square kilometres.”It finally resolves peacefully and in accordance with international law a problem that...
The nation is passing the time when we are being asked to accept all sort of contradictions and live insecurely. Even the law enforcing agencies like police and RAB are engaged in crimes including murder, yet the government is uncomfortable about such exposures.The government is asking foreigners to come and invest in Bangladesh and there are persons enjoying special positions to tell us the foreign response for investment is very encouraging. But the government has no control over its own...
It is not for any newspaper to find it easy to claim that the figures given by any dependable source is right or wrong, just because no newspaper has the resources to be sure about the number of extra-judicial and secret killings reported in the press from time to time. Many observers were surprised by the enthusiasm expressed by an English daily of good reputation in playing down the figures of such extra-judicial killings and disappearances. What it should have...