The anti-corruption watchdog took the decision at a meeting that discussed ADB's proposals for assistance and the appointment of four consultants for the ACC.

After discussing the proposal, the ACC asked the ADB representative at the meeting to change some minor points of the proposal, meeting sources said.

ACC Chairman Justice Sultan Hossain Khan chaired the meeting attended by commissioners Prof Maniruzzaman Miah and M Maniruddin Ahmed.

The ACC chairman asked the ADB on April 30 for immediate appointment of a change management consultant/advisor and an organisation development consultant for the commission.

The ADB in an aide-memoire on Sunday proposed for the appointment of four consultants -- former cabinet secretary M Mujibul Huq as Team Leader/Change Management Advisor-Domestic, Chua Cher Yak as Organisation Development Consul-tant-International, Sakhawat Hussain as Organisation Develop-ment Consultant-Domestic and Abdul Matin as Legal Trainer and Capacity Building Consultant-Domestic.

The ADB said the scope of its assistance in the short run would focus on the development of legal framework for ACC operationa-lisation, criteria and procedures for screening the staff of now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption and its organogram.

It also informed the ACC about the possibility of a follow-up ADB governance technical assistance in 2006 subject to progress under the current technical assistance.

The ADB said the follow-up assistance for next year may accommodate training of the ACC officials and procurement of some equipment for the commission.