71pc households of country victims of graft: TIB

Around 70.9 per cent of the country's households have to pay bribes in getting government services from various sectors, said a household survey of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Wednesday. The survey, titled 'Corruption in Service Sectors: National Household Survey 2021', also revealed that the law enforcement agencies are

42pc rural households lost jobs due to Covid: Study

Some 62 per cent of the rural households lost income during the Covid pandemic, while 42 per cent reported employment losses, according to a new study. The surveyed households include those who were dependent on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and those who were not (non-MSMEs). The government stimulus did not