ACC, TIB sign 5-yr deal to curb corruption

Staff reporter :

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to intensify anti-corruption initiatives.
The agreement was signed today (24 September) at the ACC headquarters by Md Akhtar Hossain, ACC Director General (Prevention), and Dr Iftekharul Zaman, TIB Executive Director.

Under the MoU, the two bodies will work together on awareness campaigns, ethical promotion, institutional improvements, joint research, training, and guidance to strengthen good governance.
The signing ceremony was attended by ACC Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen, Commissioner (Investigation) Brig Gen (Retd) Hafiz Ahsan Farid, Secretary Md Khaled Rahim, and senior officials of both organizations.

This is the fifth collaboration between ACC and TIB. Previous MoUs were signed in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022. The new agreement will run from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2030.
Meanwhile, speaking to journalists at the event, ACC Chairman Abdul Momen said verdicts in six Purbachal corruption cases against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family are expected by late October or November.

He added that the commission is also taking steps to revive the Gulshan case against Hasina’s niece, British MP Tulip Siddiq, stressing that the ACC must first root out corruption within its own ranks to maintain credibility.