Dhaka, June 22 -- Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Dr Fouzul Kabir Khan delivered a candid critique of governance in Bangladesh on Saturday, asserting that neither political leaders nor senior bureaucrats appear genuinely committed to ending corruption.

Speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on the national budget organised by the Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) at the CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka, Dr Kabir identified corruption, inefficiency, and wasteful expenditure as the principal barriers to economic development.

"The scale of wastage in Bangladesh is immense," he said, pointing to widespread mismanagement in public projects.

As an example, he cited the construction of a power plant situated six kilometres from it...