State and Politics
Will the corrupt professionals of Technical Education Board continue to enjoy impunity as usual?
I have started to believe that Bangladesh is indeed a paradise for the corrupt. It's difficult for an honest person to stand firm. If someone decides not to indulge in corruption, their life becomes challenging. If they decide not to accept bribes, their colleagues at the next desk will ruin their lives by indulging in corruption. Trying to remove them, citing discomfort with taking bribes, will only lead to the job being lost due to allegations of corruption. In some offices, there's a barrier to bribery rates. If corruption occurs, it will be distributed at a proportional rate. Almost everyone will get a share, and if someone doesn't want to accept bribes, the whole chain gets disrupted.
When the individual seeks a shadow of development
We are constantly reminded to pay VAT and taxes to further the government’s development initiatives. All fine and good! The massive development projects sprouting up have, so we’re told are mostly being built with our money, meaning taxpayer contribution. Nothing could be better than depending on fewer, expensive loans. That the exhortations aren’t enough there’s a marvellous system of tax on tax ranging from Advance Income Tax to cool deductions from bank accounts of tax and Excise duties and almost 25% added to bills when eating out. And one can barely top-up cell phone bills before the scythe of tax is applied.
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