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Saturday | October 10, 2026 | Dhaka
Workshop on Internal Audit in Public Sector

Stronger internal audit to protect public money, improve service delivery

 Business Desk
 Published: 12:01 AM, 10 October 2026
Finance Secretary Dr. Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder attends the inaugural session of a three day workshop (October 8-10) on institutionalising internal audit in public sector as the chief guest held at a hotel in Gazipur, organised by the Internal Audit and Audit Follow-up Scheme under the Strengthening Public Financial Management Program to Enable Service Delivery (SPFMS) of Finance Division.

Bangladesh moved towards a stronger internal audit system in the public sector to detect risks before they caused financial losses or disrupted essential public services.

The system also proposed permanent staffing and independent oversight aimed at replacing a system that depended on temporarily assigned staff and lacked the capacity to carry out audits effectively.

The reforms were discussed at the “Workshop on Institutionalizing Internal Audit in the Public Sector:

Sustainability and Way Forward”, held on October 8-10 at a hotel in Gazipur, organised by the Internal Audit and Audit Follow-up Scheme under the Strengthening Public Financial Management Program to Enable Service Delivery (SPFMS) of Finance Division.

Finance Secretary Dr. Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder attended the inaugural session as the chief guest and unveiled the revised 2026 Model Risk-Based Internal Audit Charter and Manual, providing an updated framework for government internal auditing.

Dilruba Shaheena, additional secretary of Finance Division, and Dr. Ziaul Abedin, additional secretary and National Program Director of SPFMS, attended as special guests.

Md. Hasanul Matin, additional secretary of Finance Division, chaired the inaugural session. Mohammad Azad Sallal, additional secretary of Finance Division, delivered the key presentation on the Sustainability Plan for Internal Audit in the Public Sector.

Dr. Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder, in his speech said, the current government attaches great importance to institutionalise internal audit in the public sector. Introducing internal audit across ministries is a landmark step towards ensuring transparency and accountability in the management of public funds, said a press release.

“Implementing internal audit comes with challenges, but we must work together to overcome them. Our task is to turn this initiative into an effective and sustainable system that strengthens public financial management,” the secretary said.

The revised 2026 Model Risk-Based Internal Audit Charter and Manual (based on Global International Audit Standard 2024) clarified auditors’ mandates, responsibilities and reporting arrangements.

It provided an institutional basis for examining government operations objectively and advising management on protecting public resources, strengthening controls and addressing weaknesses.

Under the framework, auditors would report functionally to the relevant internal audit committee and administratively to the secretary/principal accounting officer. This division was designed to strengthen professional independence and ensure that findings received scrutiny beyond officials responsible for daily operations.