ACC given two more months to file report against Shakib, 14 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been given more than two months to submit an investigation report against cricketer and former Magura-1 MP Shakib Al Hasan, his mother Shirin Akhter, and 13 others over allegations of embezzlement, fraud, and money laundering in the share market. Although Sunday was fixed for the report submission, the ACC failed to present it. As a result, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Foyez set Nov 26 as the next date for submission, said Aminul Islam, assistant director of the ACC prosecution division. Shakib, Bangladesh’s most successful cricketer, entered parliament in 2024. He was in Canada in August last year when the Awami League government was ousted, and has not returned since. That same month, Shakib...