Bangladesh Competition Commission

The commission is focused on modernizing its legal framework and increasing institutional capacity to address market dominance by large corporate syndicates and digital platforms.

CCB was established 17 December 2012 under Competition Act 2012 (Act XVIII), repealing the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Ordinance 1970. The Act structures BCC as a quasi-judicial body with a chairperson and up to 4 members; appeals from BCC decisions go to the Ministry of Commerce. Chairperson AHM Ahsan (January 7, 2025) brings Ministry of Commerce and Export Promotion Bureau background but no economics or law specialisation, consistent with a known structural problem: the current commission is entirely administrative-cadre contrary to Section 7(3) of the Act. The BCC does not yet have a leniency mechanism, a gap cited repeatedly in scholarly and policy literature. The telecom enforcement track (Robi/Banglalink vs Grameenphone) is verified across The Daily Star, Jagonews24, and MEATechWatch as an active investigation with jurisdiction challenge dismissed September 22, 2025. Grameenphone's 45% subscriber share and ~Tk 32,000 crore revenue dominance are from Robi's complaint as cited by The Daily Star. Poultry enforcement fines (Kazi Farms Tk 5cr, Suguna Tk 3.44cr, Diamond Egg + CP Bangladesh Tk 3.5cr) are verified from TBS and bdnews24. The 44 cases against 36 firms (Unilever, Pran, Square, ACI, Akij, Bashundhara, S Alam Group) are verified from TBS and Global Competition Review. Stanford Computational Antitrust membership verified from Stanford Law School CodeX blog (May 11, 2026). No verified RMG-specific BCC case found in available sources; RMG sector not in BCC's active enforcement record within the 90-day window.