Asif Ali (auditor general)

Ali joined the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation in 1982 as a member of the Martial Law Committee.^[2] In 1991, he was a member of the National Pay Scale Implementation Committee.^[2] He was the chairman of the Accounts Consolidation Task Force.^[2]

On 3 January 2003, Ali was sworn in as the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh by Chief Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury.^[3] He replaced Ahsan Ali Sarkar as comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh.^[3] In 2004, the minister of finance, M Saifur Rahman, criticized the Comptroller and Auditor General for reporting 'insignificant issues' which led to negative perceptions of Bangladesh and use of the reports by Transparency International.^[4]

In 2006, Ali was included in the Capacity Building Committee of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions.^[5] He called for information technology-based auditing practices in Bangladesh.^[6]

Ali was the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh till 1 January 2008.^[2] Ahmed Ataul Hakeem succeeded him as the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh.^[7] On 31 July 2008, Ali was included in the Truth and Accountability Commission.^[8] The Truth and Accountability Commission was established on 30 July 2008 by the Fakhruddin Ahmed led caretaker government to increase the speed of corruption cases.^[9][10][11] The caretaker government had arrested numerous politicians including former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia on corruption charges.^[12] The commission was made up of a former judge of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Justice Habibur Rahman Khan, Ali, and retired major general Manzur Rashid Chowdhury from the Bangladesh Army.^[12][13] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina disclosed the names of 456 people who had confessed to the commission in April 2009.^[14]