67pc report anomalies and graft in pandemic relief distribution: Survey

Around 67 per cent respondents in a survey said there were some irregularities and corruption involved in the relief distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Only 14 per cent respondents said relief distribution was entirely corruption-free, while nearly 11 per cent believe that the process was very corrupt and nearly 8 per cent said they had no knowledge about it, according to the survey.

The findings of the survey covering 2,750 people countrywide were presented at a stakeholders’ engagement session titled "Policy Making and Trust During the COVID-19 Crisis in Bangladesh," held at Biniyog Bhaban, Bangladesh Investments and Development Authority (BIDA).

Dr Mirza Masood Hassan, a senior research fellow at BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), presented the survey titled "Dynamics of state-society trust relations during the Covid-19 pandemic" at the event organised by BIGD and moderated by its Advisor N M Zeaul Alam.

At the same event, Dr Asif Shahan, Research Fellow, BIGD, presented another survey titled "Managing the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of local government officials in Bangladesh". The agenda for the event was to present findings from two recent surveys on pandemic management.

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