Anti-Corruption Commission
Profile
- Head
- n/a
- Role
- Chairman
- Annual budget
- ৳1,910,000,000
- Staff
- 978
- Established
- 2004
- Legal basis
- Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 (Act No. V of 2004); established by presidential proclamation dated 23 February 2004, operationalised 9 May 2004. First commissioners appointed 21 November 2004. Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 issued by the interim government to expand powers -- referred by parliament to a special committee for review (April 2026); not yet converted to permanent law.
Provenance & notes
Established 9 May 2004 under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 (replacing the former Bureau of Anti-Corruption). The ACC is a fully independent constitutional-grade statutory body with its own budget line and prosecutorial authority; it is not subordinate to any ministry. The acronym in Bangla is দুদক (Dudok), from দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন. Staff count of 978 is sourced from Banglapedia/ACC official data; 248 officers (deputy director to sub-assistant director rank) handle investigations and inquiries. FY2025-26 budget of Tk 191 crore (Tk 1,910,000,000) is from the Finance Adviser's budget speech, confirmed by BSS. The current_head field is null because no chairman has been appointed since the 3 March 2026 mass resignation; the Cabinet Division had not formed the search committee as of late April 2026. The Jalal Uddin travel ban (23 December 2025) involved Tk 249 crore in combined assets, not a standalone embezzlement figure -- this is the stated value of assets under inquiry for money laundering. The Kaliakair tender scam investigation (November 2025) is at inquiry stage; no formal case has been filed as of the verification date. The 2025 ACC Amendment Ordinance remains deferred -- it was not among the 91 ordinances converted to law in April 2026, and parliament's special committee recommended further review before reintroduction as a new bill. Activity evidence hold: removed 2 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.
Sources
- https://acc.org.bd/
- https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Anti-Corruption_Commission
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Corruption_Commission_(Bangladesh)
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