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Party financing must be transparent (Published in The Daily Star, May 18, 2010)

Speakers tell roundtable

Staff Correspondent

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said financing and spending activities of political parties should be transparent and strictly monitored.

The suggestion came at a roundtable on “Party Democracy and Financing of Political Parties in Germany: Relevance for Bangladesh” organised by the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) at the BEI conference room in the city with BEI President Farooq Sobhan in the chair.

They said the issue of financing political parties needs to be addressed as it has a direct link to corruption in the political scenario of the country.

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The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat organized a Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on “Bangladesh’s Trade Facilitation Systems and Processes” on Monday, May 10, 2010 from 10:00 A.M. till 3:00 P.M. at the BEI Conference Room (House 20, Road 5, Gulshan 1, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh).

Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat has undertaken a study to benchmark Bangladesh’s Trade Facilitation Systems and Process. This study will be done by Mr. Gul Pervaiz and Mr. Junxu Sun, Senior Consultants of CrimsonLogic Singapore and Mr. Sujeevan Perera, Adviser, Commonwealth Secretariat.

The overall goal of this study is to enhance the competitiveness of Bangladesh’s business environment through improvements to its trade logistics systems and processes. The main objective of the study is to carry...