Bangladesh, July 3 -- If the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act-2026 is enacted according to the current draft, there is a risk that NHRC 's powers will be curtailed and its independence and effectiveness will be affected, Executive Director of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr Iftekharuzzaman.

"Those who fail to establish an effective institution end up acting against their own interests,"" he said at a consultation titled "Draft National Human Rights Commission Act 2026: Review and Recommendations by the Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) and TIB", held at the TIB office in the city's Dhanmondi area on Thursday.

He said, "They create a Frankenstein for themselves. Power is never transient. An institution t...