Dhaka, April 17 -- A Dhaka court has issued a travel ban on Siddiqur Rahman Sarker, immediate past chairman of the capital development authority Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), and his wife on charges of "corruption".

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib issued the order on Thursday following an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Confirming the travel ban on retired maj gen Siddiqur and his wife Gazi Rebeka Rowsun, the anti-graft watchdog spokesman Akhtarul Islam told bdnews24.com that the commission's Director Abul Hasnat had filed a petition with the court seeking a stay on their foreign trips.

The interim government cancelled Siddiqur's appointment in March this year.

After that, the ...