Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed has asked the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to take immediate steps to approve and implement its automation programme, aiming to strengthen financial discipline in Bangladesh.

The directive came on Sunday during a seminar at the Ministry of Finance on the role of the FRC in Bangladesh's economy, according to a media statement issued later by the ministry.

At the seminar, presided over by Salehuddin, FRC Chairman Mohammad Sajjad Hossain Bhuiyan presented the keynote paper on the council's role in the national economy.

Finance secretary and officials from the Finance Division and the FRC attended the event.

During the session, the advisor directed the division and FRC to take rapid s...