Bribes worth Tk1.46 lakh crore had been paid in diverse carrier sectors between 2009 to April 2024, per the “Corruption in Carrier Sectors: Nationwide Household Survey 2023” by Transparency Global Bangladesh (TIB).
Passport providers saw the easiest incidence of bribery, with 74.8% of households paying bribes on this sector.
The salvage out about findings had been unveiled this day (3 December) at a press conference held at the TIB conference corridor in Dhaka.
The salvage out about lined 15,515 households, consisting of 51.4% males, forty eight.5% females, and 0.1% from the third gender. Among family heads, 23.4% had been engrossing in agriculture or fisheries.
Of the total members, 70.9% of households experienced corruption while availing providers from diverse sectors.
The salvage out about finds that the easiest rate of corruption change into as soon as reported in passport providers, where 86% of households faced irregularities. Other sectors with essential corruption comprise BRTA providers (85.2%), rules enforcement providers (74.5%), and judicial providers (62.3%).
The practical bribe across all carrier sectors change into as soon as Tk5,680, with judicial providers requiring the easiest, averaging Tk30,972 per family.
Among the divisions, Barishal recorded the easiest charges of corruption and bribery. In this boom, 82% of households faced corruption, while 61.9% had been subjected to bribery.
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of TIB, acknowledged, “This salvage out about gives a snapshot of the occurrence of corruption in Bangladesh, significantly in the carrier sectors. It’s miles the tenth nationwide family salvage out about on corruption in carrier provide, covering each and every public and a few inside of most institutions, with a focus on bribery and corruption in having access to providers.”
Per the salvage out about, the estimated entire quantity of bribes nationally in 2023 change into as soon as Tk10,902.3 crore, with the land sector accounting for the largest fragment at Tk2,513 crore.
