Capa confce concludes in Dhaka
Star Business Report
The 16th conference of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (Capa), hosted by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB), concluded in Dhaka on Monday. Speaking at the closing session, Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Muhammad Jamir Uddin Sircar emphasised transparency in the accounting profession. He called upon the accountants to remove their shortcomings. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Agriculture Abdul Mannan and Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh Asif Ali also addressed the session as special guests. This is for first time Bangladesh hosted the conference of Capa, a platform of 31 accounting bodies from 21 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The theme of the conference was 'Accounting Profession in the Global Economic Scenario.' Six technical papers were presented in the conference by accounting professionals from Capa countries. Robin A Hamilton Harding, president of Capa, appreciated the ICMAB for hosting the conference. Prof Khawaja Amjad Saeed, ex-president ICMAB, presented the recommendations of the conference. The next Capa conference will be held in Osaka, Japan, in 2007.
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