Md Matiul Islam, a veteran chartered accountant and a former distinguished civil servant, has been awarded with a lifetime achievement award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB).

The institute recognised him on the occasion of its 21st National Award for Best Presented Annual Reports at a ceremony at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka recently, according to a press release.

Islam acted as the chairman of the jury board of the awards, adjudicating the findings of the review committee for published accounts and reports with utmost dedication in the last six years or so.

At the event, an audio-visual on his life showed how he used his knowledge and expertise of a qualified chartered accountant while working as the civil servant.  Previously, Islam received two lifetime achievement awards.

In 2011, he was given The Daily Star-DHL Lifetime Achievement Award for the number of financial institutions he created before and after his retirement from the UNIDO.

And in 2019, he received the lifetime achievement award from the American Alumni Association for his role as the first finance secretary and the industries secretary of the country.