The army-backed Bangladesh interim government has constituted four special courts to try politicians and leaders involved in corruption. The courts, set up under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2004, the Emergency Powers Ordinance 2007 and the Emergency Powers Rules, will conduct the proceedings of the cases in the Parliament Secretariat premises in Dhaka.In order to ensure expeditious disposal of the cases, the government has appointed special judges to head the four courts. The divisional special judge’s courts — the Speedy Trial Tribunal numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Dhaka, now situated in the premises of the district judge’s court — have been shifted to blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the parliamentarians’ hostel. A total of 50 corrupt suspects have so far been identified for arrest and trial.