Dhaka (PTI): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's three-month old government has appointed a former bureaucrat as the new chief of the independent Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) nearly a month after resignation of former army chief Hassan Mashhud Chowdhury.

A government statement last night announced appointment of former secretary to the government Ghulam Rahman, currently serving as the chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission.

The government also downgraded the status of the ACC chairman to a Supreme Court judge from the status of a minister, which was being enjoyed by General Chowdhury.

"The anti-corruption commission's approach to advance with its activities now depends on the new chairman. We hope for the best," said Habibur Rahman, who was discharging as the acting ACC chief in addition to his duty as a commissioner of the graft body.

A former member of the erstwhile Pakistan Police Service, Rahman was appointed as the energy regulatory commission chairman by the past interim government while Chowdhury was made the ACC chief.