Govt Launches First-Ever Global Standards Adopted for SOE Asset and Lease Management
Finance and Science & Technology Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed has said that enhancing efficiency in asset management across State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Autonomous Bodies (ABs), which together hold 80 percent of the government’s assets, could play a crucial role in reducing the government’s contingent liabilities, currently standing at Tk 6.5 lakh crore.
He made the remarks while launching the Policy and Procedures Manual for Property, Plant & Equipment (PPE) and Lease—the first of its kind in Bangladesh—at a dissemination workshop held on Thursday, 7 August 2025, at the Finance Division. The event was organized under the Scheme on Strengthening SOE Governance under the Strengthening Public Financial Management Program to Enable Service Delivery (SPFMS).
“This initiative ...