‘Officials need to be updated about changes’

Senior Finance Secretary and Chairman of the Institute of Public Finance (IPF) Governing Council Hedayetullah Al Mamun in a training on Sunday advised the officials to keep abreast with the latest situation in the country’s financial sector. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 17th “Fiscal Economics and Economic Management (FIM) Course” organised by the IPF. Mamun called on the trainees to gather financial acumen from the training and get engaged in the public service intensely. IPF Director General and Joint Finance Secretary Habibur Rahman presided over the function, also attended by additional finance secretaries Moinul Islam and Shahabuddin Ahmed. A total of 25 officials from different ministries are participating in the 17th FIM course which will continue for two and a half months. In the course, the participants will be trained on overall financial management, macroeconomic economic reforms, financial structure reforms, budget management issues and the achievement of state development, poverty reduction and sustainable development goals relating to the contemporary financial sector issues. Senior government officials, researchers, academicians and experts on public finance management will impart training.