DHAKA, Dec 10, 2024 (BSS) - The government reconstituted the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) by appointing a chairman and two commissioners today to pursue the pledge to make the country corruption-free.

The Cabinet Division today issued a gazette notification in this regard.

Former senior secretary of Home Ministry Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen has been appointed as the new chairman, while Miah Mohammad Ali Akbar Azizi and Brigadier General (Retd) Hafiz Ahsan Farid as commissioners.

Under Section 6 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, they have been appointed as the commissioners of the ACC, the notification said.

Of the three, the chairman will enjoy salary, allowance, and other benefits equivalent to those of a judge of the Appellate Division, while the two commissioners will enjoy the same equivalent to those of a judge of the High Court Division.