Dearth of skilled manpower is also an obstacle to establishing good management in South Asian region, the speakers said at the inaugural function of the two-day biennial conference styled '9th South Asian Management Forum', organised by Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMIDSA).

Speaking at the function, Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam said his government is trying to ensure good management since it is an important tool to fight corruption.

Mirza Azizul also said low quality education and resource constraints stand in the way of good management skills in the South Asian region.

Mohammed Jasimuddin, Commonwealth Secretariat (Asia region) adviser, said the Commonwealth is trying to ensure good governance in different parts of the world through good management.

Ajith Nivard Cabraal, governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, presented a keynote paper titled 'Importance of Corporate Governance for Banking Sector'.

Professor Syed Zahoor Hassan, vice chancellor of Lahore University of Management Science and President of AMDISA, Hafiz G A Siddiqi, vice chancellor of North South University and vice president of AMDISA, Farooq Sobhan, president of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, and Mamun Rashid, chief executive officer of Citibank NA Bangladesh, also spoke at the ceremony.