Essay On Corruption In Bangladesh

Introduction: Corruption is an universal curse, an age old phenomenon and a deep rooted evil for a society. It is violently exist as a malady in the civil service of Bangladesh. Corruption is a serious impediment to the way of good governance and efficient public service. There is hardly any society which is free from corruption. But it is rampant in Bangladesh and some other countries which are developing and underdeveloped. Corruption prevents the proper distribution of national wealth. It increases the gap between rich and poor and collapse existing law and order situation. Lack of institutional transparency, integrity and weak rule of law reflected poor performance in the civil service of Bangladesh. Police, custom, tax, health, railway

Corruption reduces public reliance on the civil servants an d political leaders.(Harsh Mander: Corruption and right to information)
 Corruption is widespread now and pays much attention for the following reason:
• In 1980s and 1990s, increasing economic liberalization, democratization and balanced good governance increase expectation to cure corruption.
• Some recently prominent term like decentralization, accountability, transparency, human right and rule of law have influence to reduce corruption.
Present scenario of corruption in Bangladesh: It is axiomatic that Bangladesh has become a fertile ground of corruption since its independence. All public institutions starting from secretariat to their divisions and branches nationwide, law enforcement agencies, tax and customs administration, banking systems, public corporations, utility services like gas, electricity, telephone and water supply are plagued by default and bribery. According to TIB, Bangladesh is the most corrupt country in 5 years from (2001-2005).
Year Rank(in order of most corrupted country) CPI score
(out of 100) Number of surveyed countries
2001 1st 4