Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, a Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker from Cumilla-11 and deputy leader of the opposition, has been appointed as the chair of the parliamentary standing committee on government accounts in Bangladesh’s 13th Jatiya Sangsad. The appointment was approved unanimously during a parliamentary session on Wednesday after Chief Whip Mohammad Nurul Islam presented the proposal on behalf of the leader of the house.

The committee includes members from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, such as Amanullah Aman, ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan, AKM Fazlul Haque Milon, Mohammad Hafiz Ibrahim, AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Mohammad Jalal Uddin, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, SK Azizul Bari Helal, Mohammad Monjurul Islam, Fazle Huda, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Syed Zainul Abedin, Md. Ruhul Amin, and Mohammad Anwarul Islam.

The standing committee on government accounts plays a crucial role in ensuring accountability in state financial management. It reviews public expenditure, audit objections, and ministry responses to audit findings, serving as a key mechanism for parliamentary oversight of government spending.