Dhaka, July 3 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called for major revisions to the proposed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act 2026, warning that the draft legislation, if enacted in its current form, would weaken the commission's independence, limit its investigative powers, and leave Bangladesh without an effective national human rights institution.Newspaper subscription

The anti-corruption organisation raised the concerns at a consultation, titled "Draft National Human Rights Commission Act 2026: Review and Recommendations by Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) and TIB", held in the capital on Thursday.

Presenting TIB's assessment of the draft law, its Executive Director (ED) Dr Iftekharuzzaman said the prop...