Rizvi spoke at a news conference on Thursday in response to the information minister’s statement on Bangladesh moving six steps down on the Corruption Perceptions Index. "The information minister said yesterday that the Transparency International report was correct during the BNP rule, but now it is crafted. The same organisation that brought out the report was correct during BNP’s tenure but turned wrong now?” he said. Therefore, the information minister cannot conceal the facts by feeding false information to the press.”Bangladesh slipped six steps on the corruption perceptions index of Transparency International, a Berlin-based institution. Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said the TI report was intentional.

Source: bd News24 January 31, 2019 10:52 UTC