Dhaka, March 19 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has strongly criticised the move to amend the Government Servants (Conduct) Rules-1979, which would repeal the obligation for government employees to submit wealth statements.

If the existing rules are amended to relax the obligation, it would exempt nearly 1.5 million employees from accountability, facilitating corruption, the TIB said in a statement on Tuesday, calling for the immediate cancellation of the amendment move.

The Ministry of Public Administration recently initiated amendments to the Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1979, aiming to repeal the obligation for government employees to submit asset statements.

Once the draft amendment by the Ministry of Law, Ju...