Corruption is a much talked issue with its devastating role in socio-cultural area of our country at present.
Corruption means taking or giving undue advantage / facility to somebody usually in the form of some exchange. Almost all the sections of our country are riddled with different categories of corruption like bribery, misappropriation of public resources, nepotism, favoritism, gift giving, cheating, fraud, dishonesty, intellectual corruption etc. which we need to remove in order to develop our country.
The causes of corruption are many. Greed, selfishness, worldliness, ill motive, irresponsibility, lack of patriotism and mostly the lack of punishment of the corrupt people in our society are responsible for widespread corruption in Bangladesh.
Transparency International has ranked Bangladesh as one of the most corrupt countries of the world. Actually, corruption has become a barrier to our national growth, foreign investment and over all development of the country. Most of the funds for poverty alleviation are being misappropriated and people are being deprived. Due to this, a lot of national resources are being exhausted and Bangladesh is still enlisted as a least developed country.
Usually the big guns of society, the politicians are involved in corruption. As a result, the distance between the rich, elite, and the poor, common masses is widening. And the poor, common mass become more poor and fail to cope up with the present situation.
To fight against corruption all classes of people should come forward. Anti-corruption campaigns should be launched to create a moral ground against it. Independent anti-corruption commission should be given enough power to file and proceed corruption cases. Statement of the wealth and properties of important persons particularly govt. employees and other commercially important persons must be updated and fairly verified. By raising patriotic zeal among the people and upgrading their moral values, this disease can be removed from the society.
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