Tackling irregularities, corruption in health sector
Hospitals and other health service providers in the public sector have long earned infamy for corruption as well as substandard services. Reports on such irregularities abound. One might recall here the Transparency International Bangladesh (TI,B)'s study report of November 2020 during the outbreak of Covid-19. In that study, the corruption...
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Reversing the slide in service export
While a lack of government initiative is often blamed for the sluggish performance of the country's export of services, absence of innovative approaches by the private sector is considered no less responsible. The combined effect of these two factors appears to be keeping the country's service export on a declining...
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Promoting scientific learning
The "Theory of Organic Evolution," proposed by Charles Darwin, marked a turning point in scientific history. Darwin explained how new forms of life emerge through natural mechanisms such as mutations, and how only the fittest survive under the pressure of natural selection. Today, this theory stands as one of the...
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Preventing trade-based money laundering
A 2024 white paper prepared during the current interim government estimated annual trade-related outflows from Bangladesh at $16 billion, equivalent to 3.4 percent of GDP-more than the nation's total yearly health budget. TBML primarily occurs through mis-invoicing of international trade transactions, or trade mis-invoicing. By fraudulently misreporting the price, quantity...
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