'Battle against corruption will continue till its victory'
Winners of the TIB Investigative Journalism Award 2008 pose with the guests at the award giving ceremony at the National Press Club in the city yesterday. Sitting form right are TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman, ACC Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, Hafiz Uddin Khan and Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul.Photo: STAR
An adviser of former caretaker government yesterday expressed his unhappiness for not seeing, what he said, the expected results from the fight against corruption being carried out by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
“It seems that our dream to stamp out corruption will not be materialised fully,” said Hafiz Uddin Khan while presiding over a seminar titled 'Role of investigative reporting in preventing corruption' at the National Press Club in the city.
Also treasurer of the trustee board of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Hafiz said those people who were considered by the countrymen as big corrupts are being released one by one.
Speaking on the occasion, ACC Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury said the battle against corruption is going on.
“You may loss the battle, not the war. I hope we will win the battle,” he added.
Terming the fight against corruption a big battle, the ACC chief said still they have the chance to win the battle.
Hafiz also said if ACC, TIB and the media continue their efforts the anti-graft fight will be won.
The seminar was organised by the Transparency International Bangladesh on the occasion of award giving ceremony of TIB Investigative Journalism Award 2008.
The winners were Sharifuzzaman Pintu of the Prothom Alo, Anwar Sadat Imran of the daily Progatir Alo published from Tangail, and Abu Sufian, Shahnaz Sharmin Rinvi, Mozammel Shishir and Shovan Aref of Bangla Vision.
Both Hafiz and Mashhud stressed the need for more investigation journalism to help eradicate corruption from the country.
They also assured the journalists of their continued assistance in pursing investigation into the corruption.
The country has not seen much of investigative journalism, said the ACC chairman, adding, not resources, but backups and courage are important for investigative reporting.
He said if investigative journalism could be done in a bigger way, the anti-corruption drive will be easier.
Mashhud said the ACC may take a decision to reward people for their role against corruption.
Journalist Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul presented a paper on the topic of the seminar where he brought out the overall picture of the country's journalism including the short comings of investigative reporting.
He requested the journalists to be more serious in writing a good investigative report.
TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman, Syed Abul Maqsud, former Ambassador Waliur Rahman and Prof Asif Nazrul of Dhaka University also spoke on the occasion.
They said corruption will remain in the world but it can be curbed if all work together and play their parts.
At the function, Anwar Sadat Imran announced that he will donate the money to establish a hospital in Madhupur for destitute mothers and children. He urged all to come forward to help build the hospital.
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