Bdbusinessdaily.com – Bangladesh’s principal anti-graft watchdog has moved to launch two distinct probes targeting individuals who occupied positions of considerable influence during the previous government. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) confirmed on 7 September that it would pursue separate lines of inquiry against Ahmad Kaikaus, who served as principal secretary to the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury Nasim, a former member of parliament representing the Feni-1 constituency. Both men face a cluster of charges spanning abuse of official authority, financial irregularities, unexplained accumulation of assets, and money-laundering activity.

The decision was taken at the commission’s headquarters in Dhaka following what the ACC described as a review of intelligence material gathered over preceding months. Aktarul Islam, the commission’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the procedural step to reporters at the main office.…