The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday.
Under this arrangement both the Institutes will work in a way to cooperate with each other to foster chartered accountancy profession, accounting and finance education, training, workshop, knowledge sharing on accounting, financial matters, trade & commerce, business, economy as a whole, whereby students, teachers, professionals, other stakeholders can be benefited.
ICAB President A F Nesaruddin and Professor Dr Milan Pagon, Vice Chancellor (Acting) of IUB signed the MoU from their respective sides.
Under the agreement, ICAB will award exemptions from some papers of chartered accountancy studies to the brilliant graduates or post-graduates of the university so that they can get fast track to acquire CA professional qualification.
Graduates and post graduates of School of Business of the University who passed Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in 2017 and onward will be eligible to apply for exemptions.
ICAB Vice President NKA Mobin, Secretary and CEO Major General Muhammad Imrul Quayes (Retd.), Professor Dr. Mohd. Aminul Karim, Dean, School of Business and Dr. Rushdi Md. Rezaur Razzaque, Head, Department of Accounting of Independent University, Bangladesh, among others were present in the program.