Corruption is a great social evil. It indicates the activities that are completely opposed to the values and norms of an organization or society. In the context of Bangladesh, it becomes a big problem. Our country is now so worried about this problem that the country’s existence is threatened.
Corruption means illegal and immoral activities. And that type of immoral activities prevail in all sectors of our country. Morality is gone from society. There is no justice. Good work has become unfair means and unfair means have become good work. Corruption is common everywhere.
According to the 2011 Corruption Perception Index, the level of corruption in the public sector in the Asia-Pacific region is very alarming. This index covers 183 states where countries were scored on a scale of 0 (very corrupt to 10) very clean. The maximum score for the countries in this region is less than five, which denotes a serious problem of corruption.
Of these countries, a good number appear at the bottom of the rows. But few countries like New Zealand, Singapore and Australia secure places in the top ten, and sixteen other countries score below three. Our country, Bangladesh, is also included in these low scoring countries with a score of 2.7. This poor score from our country means a clear risk of corruption here. For this reason, there will be an uneven distribution of wealth.
Due to corruption, the economic growth of a country is hampered. You can say without any confusion that most of our political leaders are involved in corruption. Recently, our Minister of Railways has resigned due to gross corruption in his own department. Not only our minister, but also other officials like GM, APS and the commander of the department of railways are also associated with him. And they are also suspended from office.
So corruption is a global problem. No country can rightly boast that it is absolutely free from the problem of corruption. In fact, corruption is a common phenomenon in almost every country in the world, both developed and developing. In some countries like Bangladesh, it is so gigantic in stature and so vast in proportion that it can strangle them to death if proper and precise steps are not taken to stop corruption immediately. That is why governments around the world are turning their serious attention to see its end. Many ways to eradicate it are being devised. But will the time come when there will be no corruption on the face of the earth?