Dhaka, March 2 -- Transparency International Bangladesh, or TIB, has criticised the Pirojpur deputy commissioner's bus requisition for the National Citizen Party's, NCP, inaugural event in Dhaka, calling it "contrary to the spirit of the new political settlement".

The agency says the interim government cannot dodge responsibility for such "abuse of power and immorality" at the very birth of the NCP.

The anti-corruption body also called for the abandonment of "old authoritarian practices" under the banner of the "second republic" and the "new political settlement".

The NCP emerged on Friday under the leadership of the organisers who led the 2024 mass uprising.

A wave of criticism has surfaced on social media, alleging that the governme...