BANGLADESHI ACCOUNTANTS AIMS TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER TURBULENT PERIOD
August 22nd, 2024
Bangladesh’s accounting professionals have faced a challenging two months as political unrest toppled the country’s former government, which had imposed an internet blackout, hindering mobile and broadband communications with international clients and head offices.
Kowsar Ahmed, a Dhaka-based senior associate accountant working for a Big Four accounting firm (NOTE TO EDITOR – IT IS PWC – BUT HE COULD NOT SAY SO – OR HE WOULD HAVE TO GET PERMISSION, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN REFUSED) said: “Most of our clients are from abroad. We are a USA-based company. ...
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