ffiKKe fto enagage satul irsm tm as.adfr teFeeoma itla m e w procedure Th e telecon re$rlator s fonnnlating a ncw proce- du€ to audit the comtr/s cellular pbone opcrator by t}lrs year. said ofiicia1s, repons BS S They said the regulaiol B,lngl.dcsh Te €c omlnunic ati on Reguiatory Commission (BIRC) las taken he nrita tive, as t already decided o Chairman f lslamic Financs & Invesiment lmil€d lFlL) Hossaln Mahmud an C lvanaqinq Director of tho company vl d Rablul slam diEtrlbutlng lank€ts among th6 c;ld:hil peopls of Gaptoll and Sariakhandl n Sogra r€c€ntly Branch Manager f the bank Md Shahadat Hossain, among others, wa s proteni on lhe Produced rom est uality 'ocal omato hrough acuum evapolation rocess axdir the cellular phone operators hrough intema- tional accourancy im]. Talking io ihe news agency, chairmatr ofthe reg- ularory body SuniL Kanti Bose said the comission recently decid€d o canf out audlt throxe! mlematjoral 'We are formulatDg a ne$, policy titled 'Telecom Audit Ptocedue' to audit he cellular phone opcraton an.l intdnaiional lnvitation tbr appointing world class firm would be called sithin few nonths aftef fiDnhsation of th e procedrre," e said. Replying io a qtrer)' on the Dew au,lii policy, Bos€ said "Audit means not to calch any ihief Ethei dqdit wo d be carried out to bdns transparency and accomtabiliy, and he poli- cy is being foimulat€d to oonduct he airdit in a proper The BTRC charman aiso infonncd thal formulation of the Tclccotrr Audit Pioceduk js prosessing fast and hoped t would be com- pletcd soo!. Ofrcials said lhe regulator |as taker the decision 1o appor,rt ore'sn accountancy i m1 followjng dispuies ovef rt s prevrous appomtment f local i rns. The operaiors demaiding to engage Dter- national ccountlncy int in the audit proccss ince on g ln 2011. BTRC took the initidive to audii he books of the mobile operators br any sisn of crcdive book- keepins o hold back rev- erue iom thc golem'rent. Thc cxercise kicked olT wjth the countrY's op two operalors, Grorneenphore and BaDslalitlk, witlr MA Fazal and Co, And Aziz Halinl Khair Chowdhury bcing hc cspcctivc ud'tofs. ]n Ociobcr . 2011, he rcgulator sent letler to thc Gramecnphonc claurmg I^ka 3,034 rorc, which wn s found after conducling udLt to ihc opemtor by a local Bul, ric opcralor called into qucsiioD A Fazal ld Co\ report. nd oo k drc ssuc to t lre High Cour whcre d1e Regarding cra eenphone, BTRC s ]a*fer Badltdr Khnndker Reza-e-Raqulb aid'There 1s o scope o coBrent thal the ptvious audil was cor- rect or not, as the issue s pending n court for verdicl. r"F": ;5{, li C-) lil ; $ f {]*i i; li l i : ,,. '', i :i.r...!r r ,,;+;'",:i.:ri ,; ,:r' :);