Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has ranked 12th among the most corrupt countries in the Global Corruption Perception Index 2020 released by TIB, which was 14th in 2019.

The Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) released a report titled 'Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020' on Thursday (January 26th) morning.

At a virtual press conference in Bangladesh, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) highlighted various aspects of the Corruption Perceptions Index. Bangladesh got 26 out of 100 scores. The same score was in 2016 and 2019.

At the press conference, TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said that Bangladesh's position in curbing corruption is disappointing. Of the eight countries in South Asia, Bangladesh is ahead of only war-torn Afghanistan, meaning Bangladesh ranks second in South Asia. Bangladesh is the fourth lowest in the Asia-Pacific region.

He added that Bangladesh ranks 146 out of 180 countries participating in the survey this time, the same as last time. A score of 0 (zero) means the most corrupt, and a score close to 100 means very clean.

Denmark and New Zealand jointly secured the first place with 88 score as the least corrup countries, and two African countries South Sudan and Somalia emerged as the most corrupt countries with the score of 12. No country scored 100.

It has been informed in the press conference that Transparency International has been publishing this index since 1995. Bangladesh has been participating in the survey since 2001.

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