Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Tuesday said Transparency International’s (TI) latest report on graft will not be accepted unless the causes of rising corruption in Bangladesh is addressed.
“I am yet to receive the report,” he said, adding: “It will not be acceptable if Transparency International fails to mention its methodology and causes of rising corruption in the report.”
The ACC chair made the remarks while replying to a query about Bangladesh’s position in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 revealed by the TI at ACC headquarters in the capital’s Segunbagicha on Tuesday.
The report said Bangladesh has gone down in the corruption index – falling six places in world ranking. Bangladesh ranked 149 in the world, six places lower than in 2017, earning two points lower. The position was 13th from bottom.
“I always welcome such report. We will fix our course of action if the organization [TI] mentions the sectors in which graft has raised,” he said.
