Business Report :
A comprehensive Workshop on “Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT)” was successfully held at the ICAB Auditorium (9th Floor), at CA Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday.
The aim of this workshop is to discuss on the requirements of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 and Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 in order to prevent the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.
AKM Ehsan, Executive Director and Acting Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Bangladesh Bank graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
ICAB President, Mohammed Forkan Uddin FCA delivered an address of welcome while Council Member and immediate past president Md. Moniruzzaman FCA spoke on the objectives of the workshop and Chief Executive Officer Shubhashish Bose, made a closing remark. ICAB Vice President Maria Howlader FCA, Council Member and Past President Md. Shahadat Hossain FCA among others, were present on the occasion.
Resource persons of the workshop were Md. Imtiaz Haroon, Joint Director and Md. Manirul Islam, Deputy Director, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Bangladesh Bank.
ICAB Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mahbub Ahmed Siddique FCA acted as a rapporteur of the discussion and conducted the questions and answers session. About 150 practicing members of ICAB participated in the workshop.