Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said that "intellectual corruption" has done more harm to the judiciary of Bangladesh than financial corruption.

He made the remarks during the inauguration of a training workshop on "Integrity in Judicial Proceedings" at Hotel Holiday Inn in Dhaka's Tejgaon on Sunday.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organised the three-day workshop, in which 25 lower court judges are taking part.

Urging the TIB to move beyond the idea of only considering financial irregularities as corruption, Asaduzzaman said: "Intellectual corruption has done more harm to Bangladesh than financial corruption in the judiciary. I will not say that t...