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DHAKA, Sept 3, 2026 (BSS) - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and another one person for collection of Taka 276.34 crore from the corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds of 41scheduled banks in the name of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust.

The third accused in the case is Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder, former president of Bangladesh Association of Banks and former chairman of EXIM Bank PLC.

ACC Secretary Saidur Rahman disclosed the information to the journalists at the commission's Segunbagicha office here this afternoon.

The case was filed with the ACC's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, under sections 409 and 109 of the Penal Code of 1860 and section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.

According to the ACC inquiry, the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust was established through a registered deed on September 6, 1994.

 The deed named Sheikh Hasina as the lifetime president of the trust, while Sheikh Rehana is to serve as president in her absence.

The ACC alleged that a total of Taka 276,34,50,000 was collected in the name of the trust from the CSR funds of 41 scheduled banks despite the trust not having the required approvals from the social services department and the NGO Bureau.

The inquiry further found that then-BAB president Nazrul Islam Mazumder placed the issue under the “miscellaneous” agenda of an executive committee meeting, although it was not included in the scheduled agenda.

Subsequently, decisions were taken at various executive committee meetings to allocate funds from the CSR accounts of 41 banks to the trust, according to the ACC.

Following those decisions, letters were sent to various banks and funds were collected from their CSR accounts in favour of the trust, the inquiry found.

According to the ACC, the accused acted in collusion, abused their authority and exercised undue influence to collect the money from the CSR funds of various banks in the name of the trust.

The case alleged that their actions constituted criminal breach of trust and caused financial losses to the state.

The alleged offences took place between 2017 and 2024.