Published: 12:36 AM, 18 August 2026
Justice Asaduzzaman made new ACC chairman
The Anti-Corruption Commission has been reconstituted with former Supreme Court Justice AKM Asaduzzaman as its chairman.
Dr Jahangir Alam Khan and Dr Md Sazzad Hossain Bhuiyan have been appointed commissioners.
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The appointments were announced today in a notification signed by Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani.
The notification said that the appointments were made under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004.
According to the notification, under the provisions of the ACC Act, the ACC chairman will receive the salary, allowances, status, and other benefits equivalent to those of an Appellate Division judge of the Supreme Court.
The two commissioners will enjoy facilities and status equivalent to those of a High Court Division judge.
The anti-graft watchdog had been without a commission since March 3 this year, when then ACC chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen and commissioners Mia Muhammad Ali Akbar Azizi and Brigadier General (retd) Hafiz Ahsan Farid stepped down.
