Staff Correspondent:

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday imposed a ban on Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and his wife Sherifa Quader from traveling abroad amid an ongoing probe into allegations of corruption and money laundering.
ACC Director Aktarul Islam said letters were sent to the authorities concerned to enforce the restriction.
On March 25, the commission decided to open an inquiry into allegations amassing illegal wealth against Quader in the nomination process for reserved women’s parliamentary seats.
According to the ACC, around Tk 18.10 crore was taken in bribes after the 2018 national election in exchange for Jatiya Party nominations for women’s reserved seats.
The commission claims that the primary beneficiary was then acting chairman GM Quader.
As the full payment was not made, Prof. Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury was suspended from her party position and Sherifa Quader was appointed as a lawmaker in her place, it said.
The anti-graft body also said that the size of the Jatiya Party’s central committee increased from 301 members to nearly 650, which it described as evidence of “position trading.”
ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain said GM Quader laundered money under different names to Singapore, London, and Sydney.