DHAKA, Dec 10, 2025 (BSS) – A court here today set April 20 for submitting the probe report in a graft case filed against six individuals, including former Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) commissioner Md Zahurul Haque and two former chairmen of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court vacation bench Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun passed the order after accepting the first information report (FIR) of the case, public prosecutor Delwar Jahan Rumi told BSS.

The ACC filed the case on December 3, accusing the officials of causing a loss of around Taka 9,000 crore to the state by illegally reducing international incoming call rates and revenue shares.

The other accused in the case are: former BTRC chairman Sunil Kanti Bose, former vice-chairman Brigadier General (retd) Md Ahsan Habib Khan, former chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood, and former BTRC commissioners Md Rezaul Kader and Md Aminul Hasan.

According to the case statement, between October 2015 and January 2018, BTRC reduced the call rate from USD 0.030 to USD 0.015 without government approval. 

This change reduced the government's revenue share from 51.75 percent to 40 percent, while increasing the share of IGW operators from 13.25 percent to 20 percent.

As a result, the state suffered a revenue-sharing loss of Taka 383.73 crore, losses from reduced call rates amounting to Taka 2,941.99 crore, and a foreign currency shortfall of Taka 5,685 crore.