Bangladesh has gone down by six steps in the corruption perception index (CPI) 2018, reflecting the country's poor performance in preventing corruption.
It scored 26 out of 100, standing at 149th position among 180 countries covered by the index, globally prepared by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI).
In the previous CPI, Bangladesh's standing was 143rd.
From the bottom of the tally, the country stood at 13th position, down by four notches in contrast with the CPI 2017 when the position was 17th with scoring 28 from the bottom.
In South Asia, Bangladesh is ahead of only Afghanistan in the latest CPI and falls among the region’s only two countries – the other is Maldives – which have seen a decline in its score.
Local chapter of the TI - Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) - disclosed the CPI outcomes at a press briefing at its Dhanmondi office on Tuesday.
