Asif Ali is the 9th Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[1]
Career edit
Ali joined the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation in 1982 as a Member of Martial Law Committee.[2] In 1991, he was a member of the National Pay Scale Implementation Committee.[2] He was the Chairman of the Accounts Consolidation Task Force.[2]
On 3 January 2003, Ali was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh by Chief Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury.[3] He replaced Ahsan Ali Sarkar as Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[3] In 2004, the Minister of Finance, M Saifur Rahman, criticized the Comptroller and Auditor General for reporting 'insignificant issues' which led to negative perceptions of Bangladesh and use of the reports by Transparency International.[4]
In 2006, Ali was included in the Capacity Building Committee of International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions.[5] He called for Information Technology-based auditing practices in Bangladesh.[6]
Ali was the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh till 1 January 2008.[2] Ahmed Ataul Hakeem succeeded him as the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[7] On 31 July 2008, Ali was included in the Truth and Accountability Commission.[8] The Truth and Accountability Commission was established on 30 July 2008 by the Fakhruddin Ahmed led Caretaker Government to increase the speed of corruption cases.[9][10][11] The Caretaker Government had arrested numerous politicians including former Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia on corruption charges.[12] The commission was made up of a former Judge of Bangladesh Supreme Court Justice Habibur Rahman Khan, Ali, and a retired Major General Manzur Rashid Chowdhury from Bangladesh Army.[12][13] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina disclosed the names of 456 people who had confessed to the commission in April 2009.[14]
References edit
- ^ Ali, Asif. "Environmental auditing". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ a b c d "Mr. Asif Ali". Comptroller and Auditor General (Bangladesh). Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Asif Ali takes oath as CAG". The Daily Star. 2003-01-03. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Saifur slams auditor's office for tinkering with 'trivial matters'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "CAG Bangladesh in INTOSAI capacity building committee". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "'IT-based accounting system a must'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Hakeem takes oath as CAG". The Daily Star. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Truth Commission gets chief, members". The Daily Star. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Bangladesh: Truth and Accountability Commission Declared Illegal". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "The Truth Commission". The Daily Star. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ Faisal, Farhad; e-mail, On (2008-03-28). "Truth commission". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ a b Ali, AMM Shawkat. "Truth Commission". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2008-07-31). "Truth Commission gets chief, members". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2009-04-02). "PM discloses list of 456 people seeking Tac clemency". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-04.