Bangladesh, Sept. 4 -- A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Jatiya Party leader GM Quader and his wife Sharifa Quader amid an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation into allegations of graft and money laundering.

The order was issued on Thursday in response to an ACC application, according to the agency's spokesman Akhtarul Islam.

The graftbusters allege that Quader, who previously served as leader of the opposition in Parliament, benefitted from a Tk 181 million kickback after the 2018 general election in exchange for a nomination to a reserved women's seat.

When part of the payment was not made, the then nominee, Prof Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, was reportedly sidelined, and Sharifa was nominated and later became an MP in...