This incident occurred in 2021. I needed to obtain my mother’s death certificate, but the City Corporation Secretary of Ward 22 delayed the process even after I had submitted all the required documents. The support staff demanded and received 6,000 taka before finally issuing the death certificate after 7-8 weeks of endless suffering. I still remember walking down the street that day, tears streaming down my face. It was raining, and I was crying, thinking, what a cursed country we live in!