Staff reporter :
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Sunday revealed a research finding that political affiliation is given emphasis during promotion in the upper-level officers of government job rather than merit, skill or seniority.
“Due to irrational promotion, additional secretaries, in many cases, are carrying out duties of deputy secretaries whereas deputy secretaries are doing jobs of senior assistant or assistant secretaries,” TIB said.
The corruption watchdog disclosed its research study titled ‘Integrity in Public Administration: Policy and Practice’ at a media briefing at its office in Dhaka.
TIB said, there is provision to submit the statement of wealth during the entry level and every five years later in government job. But it has no implementation.
In its research, the TIB also found that though the government has increased salary and allowances, it apparently failed to curb corruption of government officials.
Based on interviews of former and incumbent government officials, the research was carried out from June 2018 to March 2019.
