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Bangladesh
New Comptroller and Auditor General
On January 2, 2003,Mr. Asif Ali was appointed the new Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh. He succeeds Mr. Muhammad Ahsan Ali Sarkar, who retired at the completion of his term of service.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Ali was the Controller General of Accounts of the Government of Bangladesh. He joined the Pakistan Military Accounts Service in 1971 and subsequently served in the Bangladesh civil service in a variety of posts. These have included Senior Finance Controller of both the Navy and Air Force; Additional Director General(Finance), Bangladesh Railway; and Director General of the Audit and Accounts Training Academy and the Financial Management Academy.
Mr. Ali received his BA honors in Political Science and MA in Political Science. He also graduated in Law from Dhaka University, where he served as Lecturer in the Political Science Department.
He has participated in international professional training and meetings of ASOSAI and INTOSAI. In addition, he was a member of the UN team that audited the UNDP and UNICEF headquarters in New York and the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi. He has authored a number of books on auditing and accounting and has published many articles in domestic and international journals.
Barbados
Annual Report for 2001 Issued
In January 2002, the Barbados Audit Office submitted its Annual Report to Parliament for the financial year ended March 31, 2001. The report's findings were based on its audit examination of the financial statements and accounts of government ministries and departments.
The report acknowledged improvements in the government's financial management operations. However, it expressed concerns about a number of areas, including the following: the management of receivables by entities responsible for the collection of government revenues; continuing noncompliance with financial rules regarding contracts to supply goods and services; the number of statutory corporations and other government entities that fail to submit accounts for audit on a timely basis; and ongoing problems with accounting officers submitting appropriation accounts within the time frames stipulated by law. Some of these issues have had an impact on the Auditor General's ability to complete certain audits in a timely manner and certify the accounts.
Canada
First Annual Status Report Issued
The Auditor General of Canada's first annual Status Report, presented...