Bangladesh, May 20 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has raised the alarm over the draft National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act 2026, warning that the proposed legislation would turn the country's rights watchdog into a toothless body beholden to the state - a step that, the anti-corruption watchdog says, echoes the failures of earlier law.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said several

provisions in the proposed law would strip the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of its independence, rendering it dependent on the government and law enforcement agencies for the very investigations it is mandated to conduct.

"The government is once again moving toward establishing a figur...