Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Bangladesh suffers from a lack of transparency in government revenue and expenditures, the US Department of State said in a report released on September 19.

The country marked as one of 69 nations that failed to satisfy the minimal standards for fiscal openness in 2025, according to the US State Department's 2025 Fiscal openness Report.

In its 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report, the US State Department said Bangladesh was among 69 countries that did not meet the minimum requirements for fiscal transparency in 2025.

In South Asia, Pakistan and the Maldives also failed to meet the minimum requirements for fiscal transparency, according to the report, which reviewed 139 countries. The US report said 71 governments met the ...