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Dhaka
business body criticises MPs who can't read English
Thursday April 28, 2011 03:25:05 PM,
IANS
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Dhaka:
Bangladesh's
apex business chamber chief has criticised lawmakers who "make
laws, but cannot even read English".
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry
president A.K. Azad Wednesday also criticised lawmakers, judges
and members of his own business community for engaging in
corruption.
"Some members of parliament even do not know the minimum level of
English. What is their calibre? But they are in a position of
making laws and holding the power of impeachment. Shame!"
"And a number of them do not know the difference between a doctor
as a physician and a doctor as the holder of a PhD degree," New
Age quoted him as saying at an advocacy workshop on business
ethics organized by the International Business Forum of
Bangladesh.
At 48.8 percent of literacy, more than half of Bangladesh's
population is illiterate.
Azad also criticised judges, businessmen and government officials
for corrupt practices.
"Only three judges submitted their wealth statement. What about
others? Why did not others submit their wealth statement," he
asked.
"It is very difficult to find 10 businessmen, 10 lawyers and 10
judges who maintain ethics," he observed.
He suggested that ethics should be practised "from the top level
in all communities".
The country rates high on graft as per the rating by the
Transparency International, a global watchdog against corruption.
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