Bangladesh registers decline in global corruption index

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has gone four notches down in the Berlin-based Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018, ranking 13th most corrupt country of the world.

The country’s position in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of the TI was 17th in 2017.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman unveiled the report at a press conference in Dhanmondi’s Midas Centre on Tuesday.

Bangladesh ranked 149 in the world in 2018, six places lower than previous year with earning two points lower.

On a scale of zero to 100, Bangladesh has scored 26 points. Bangladesh was ranked 143rd in 2017's CPI with a score of 28 points.

Bangladesh is just above the war-ravaged Afghanistan in the South Asia. Despite stagnation and declines in the 2018 scores, according to the TI, India has been raked 78 with a score of 41 while Pakistan scored 33, Malaysia 47 and Maldives 31.

Denmark and New Zealand top the Index with 88 and 87 points, respectively. Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria are at the bottom of the index, with 10, 13 and 13 points, respectively.


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