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The Extraordinary General Meeting of The Bangladesh Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy was held on August 22, 2008 at Hotel Laurel, Banani, Dhaka.

In the said meeting the new Board of Governors and Office Bearers of the Institute were elected for the year 2008-09. Md Safiqur Rahman, Subhash Chandra Ghosh, Mizanur Rahman, MA Hai Mia and Jyotishi Das were elected President, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Secretary General and Finance Secretary of the institute respectively.

The 12-member Board of Governors elected consisted of Md Israil, Md Yeasin Ali, SC Ghosh, Md Golam Nobi, Mizanur Rahman, Md Safiqur Rahman, Jyotishi Das, Mushahid Ahmed Chowdhury, MA Mannan, Syed Mofizur Rahman, Shawkat Ali and MA Hai--all Fellow Members of the Bangladesh Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

The outgoing President Md Israil while speaking on the occasion said that the importance of the Public Finance Accounting Profession could not be overemphasized.

The incoming Institute President Md Safiqur Rahman lauded the role of the Public Finance Accountants particularly in the government-owned organisations such as sector corporations, nationalised banks, financial institutions and insurance companies as well as development financial institutions and also some prominent private organizations.