Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday noted that despite an announcement to establish the practice of disclosing the asset statements of members of the Council of Advisers and government employees, they failed to set a positive example.

According to the TIB report, the growth and influence of religion-based politics were visible, and in many cases, gender, religious, cultural, and ethnic diversity were under threat due to violence and the use of force, which is contradictory to the spirit of anti-discrimination.

The organisation shared these observations during a press conference organised on the occasion of the publication of an observation-based research report titled "One and Half Years after the Fall...