Formation | 1997 |
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Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Website |
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Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is the Bangladeshi branch of the Berlin-based Transparency International, a civil society organisation dedicated to fighting against corruption.
TIB started its activities in 1997, under founding chairman Syed Humayun Kabir. [1]
In 2016, it criticised new government rules on NGOs that received foreign funding. [2] It also asked the government to not take a 2 billion dollar development loan from the world Bank. [2] This law was created after TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman called the country's Parliament a 'puppet show stage'. [3]
Board of Trustees, the highest policy making body of Transparency International Bangladesh, comprises: