After juggling and muddling with the matter for a while World Bank, the lead financier of Padma Multipurpose Bridge has finally announced the cancellation of its contract with Bangladesh for financing the implementation of Padma Multipurpose Bridge. WB mentioned about lack of action or in other words reluctance of Bangladesh about authentic probe into its…
Corruption and lack of accountability make The World Bank- the most influential money lending firm of the world- one of the “most dysfunctional” in the world, says a report by the Forbes. In a long and detailed report the magazine says, ”No one, starting with outgoing President Robert Zoellick, has laid out an articulated vision for what the…
Whatever the extent of corruption in Bangladesh is, it has been prevailing here since long, and reportedly in large scale for the last decade. It’s proved in surveys and also through the number of corruption cases, media reports and remarks by ruling party stalwarts, and these days even by incumbent senior ministers. But our prime…
We are always proactive in making comments about political corruption. Corruption at the highest level is Government corruption. Corrupt ministers or Madams of the ministers becoming the ten percent couple. Every night they’ll fight on how much they should’ve made and how much short they are in making the full cash payment on that apartment…
On December 15, while driving through a snow-storm, I wasn’t paying too much attention to a radio newscaster talking about Siemens AG, a German company, agreeing to pay a US$ 1.6 billion fine to US and German governments. The BBC newscaster went on to say that Siemens behaved as if bribes were just another line-item…
(If you have problems reading the headline, please see this excellent page from Sachalayatan) A magistrate’s court sent Arafat Rahman Coco, younger son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail. Photo: Munir uz Zaman, DRIK News Writing isn’t always easy. With competing priorities and the need to write pieces that will engage readers, sometimes…
Learn about the abuse of power and corruption of the former law minister of the 4 party alliance Moudud Ahmed. Uploaded by: Firedekhun
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