He presented a paper on “Combating Corruption in Bangladesh”.

As Vice President of ICAB (The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh), Dr Salim also attended the SAFA Committee Meeting of Accounting Standards there.

Many certified accountants from south Asian countries including Bangladesh and experts participated in the conference.

Dr Salim stated in his paper, “Corruption is the bane of society and has plagued all attempts to improve the lives of the citizens. Corruption poses major blockades to all forms of development including sustainable development, inclusive economic growth, minimizing income disparity, poverty reduction, human and psychological imbalance etc.”

Fighting corruption is a precondition for economic development and establishment of equitable society, he added.

He mentioned that according to Transparency International, no fewer than 6 billion people in the world live in countries considered severely plagued with corruption problems and 68% of all the nations in the world appear to be characterized by severe corruption issues.

Dr Salim discussed 53 measures/instruments of global list of anti-corruption used by the different countries of the world for preventing, combating and controlling corruption.

He pointed out all the measures, strategies, instruments and techniques including legal framework used by Bangladesh for preventing and combating corruption in the country.

Dr Salim also spoke about a list of laws, rules and regulation enacted with a desire to curb corruption and to take disciplinary actions against corruption presently enforce in Bangladesh.

He mentioned some important strategies, policies, plans, programs and conventions of Bangladesh, such as the National Integrity Strategy, information commission etc promoting good governance strategy to prevent corruption and improve integrity in all spheres of life.

Dr Salim said the Hotline-106 of the Commission's Complaint Center received 1,718,736 calls in 2018 while 16,606 written allegations were received from the respected citizens and various governments, non-government organizations including media in the year.

He also mentioned that Anti Corruption Commission has formed Corruption Prevention Committees (CPC) in all cities, districts, upazilas, even at union levels, including the enlightened personalities of the society.

The Anti-Corruption Commission in association with the CPCs has formed 26,213 "Integrity Units", comprising students from schools, colleges and madrasas with the objective to forge up the values of honesty and integrity among the young generation.