BANGLADESH’S AUDITOR GENERAL WANTS TO LEVERAGE GOOD PRACTICE INTO THE ECONOMY THROUGH MODERN AUDITING
May 22nd, 2015
Bangladesh’s top auditor understands only too well the key role strong auditing can play in an emerging economy such as his own country – for good or ill. Indeed, he does not mince his words when he recalls the role auditors played in Bangladesh’s 2011 capital market collapse that ruined millions of small investors.The Dhaka Stock Exchange's Benchmark General Index slid 35% in 2011, the worst annual drop since a 67% plunge in 1997. Speaking to Accountancy Futures, Bangladesh’s Comptroller and Auditor General Masud Ahmed said auditors with weak ethics were ...
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