Dhaka, July 10 -- The ongoing financial sector reforms in Bangladesh are being driven by national interest, not dictated by global lenders, said Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday.

"These reforms are taking place out of our own need, for our own benefit," he told a summit of accounting and auditing professionals in Dhaka. "Many people claim they are being done at the behest of the World Bank or the IMF, but that is not the case."

Speaking as the chief guest at the Accounting and Auditing Summit, jointly organised by the World Bank and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Dr Ahmed added that the government is open to adopting good ideas from any source.

"If global agencies offer better suggestions, there's no harm in acc...