[4] The Truth and Accountability Commission was established on 30 July 2008 by the Fakhruddin Ahmed led caretaker government to increase the speed of corruption cases.
[5][6][7] The caretaker government had arrested numerous politicians including former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia on corruption charges.
[1] The commission was made up of a former judge of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, Justice Habibur Rahman Khan, retired comptroller and auditor general Asif Ali, and a retired major general, Manzur Rashid Chowdhury from the Bangladesh Army.
[5] During the commission's short lived life 448 people confessed and deposited 340 million taka in the government treasury.
[5] Transparency International Bangladesh noted that the commission collected arbitrary amounts as fines from corruption suspects.