DHAKA, Feb 6, 2021 (BSS) – The two-day SAFA International Conference 2021 of Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) ended here today.
The conference was held with the theme “Digitalization of Accounting and Auditing Practices: Challenges and Opportunities to Protect Public Interest” at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel and ICMAB Ruhul Quddus Auditorium in the capital.
Planning Minister MA Mannan inaugurated the Conference as the chief guest yesterday (Friday) while Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh and Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin, secretary, Ministry of Commerce, spoke as special guests, said a press release. Prof. Dr. Md. Hamid Ullah Bhuiyan, chairman, Financial Reporting Council (FRC) presented the keynote paper.
SAFA President AKM Delwer Hussain and SAFA Vice-President HM Hennayake Bandara, Md. Jasim Uddin Akond, president of ICMAB, Mahmudul Hasan Khusru, president of ICAB, Md. Abdul Aziz, chairman, SAFA International Conference-2021 and Md. Mamunur Rashid, chairman, SAFA and International Relations Committee of ICMAB spoke on the occasion.
Kevin Dancey, Chief Executive Officer of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Salvador Marin President, European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for small and medium-sized enterprises (EFAA), Teerachai Arunruangsirilert Deputy President ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA), Brian Blood Chief Executive Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA), Alta Prinsloo CEO Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) virtually attended the programme.