BSEC summons six audit firms for failing to report financial irregularities | Business

DHAKA, Sept 17, 2025 (BSS) - The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has summoned six audit firms and their auditors for failing to report serious financial irregularities and legal violations in the financial statements of four listed companies. In its 973rd commission meeting, chaired by BSEC Chairman Khondoker Rashed Maqsood, the country's capital market regulator has decided to hold a hearing to ask the firms why they should not be banned from auditing for a period of five years. The audit firms are- A Hoque & Co, Ahmad & Akhtar Chartered Accountants, Mahfel Huq & Co, Ata Khan & Co, Shiraz Khan Basak & Co, and Islam Quazi Shafique & Co. According to a BSEC's press release issued today,...