The most interesting characteristic of NGO activities in our country is that their source of fund is the so-called donors, multinational corporations and agents of various foreign organisations. Some of them are providing microcredit to the target groups of vastly poor population at a very high and unacceptable rate of interest. During the rule of HM Ershad, the foreign donors lost faith and accordingly created pressure on the then government to support the NGO activities. As a result, there began a mushroom growth of NGOs. The NGOs' fund collection only through PKSF was made mandatory.
Slums have to be there.
All this reveals that the existence of our impoverished slum-dwellers right at the heart of Dhaka city is essential for ensuring the very survival of some NGOs. The poor must be continued to be poorer. Whatever may be the destiny of our poverty-stricken people, their existence is very much essential for NGOs. To protect the public interest, there must always be a need for NGOs to be regulated by laws. Both the government and the NGOs need to ensure that their lines and process of accountability are clear.