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KHULNA, Jan 25 (BSS) – Khulna University (KU) today signed two separate Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB), covering the Business Administration (BA) and Human Resource Management (HRM) disciplines.

The MoUs were signed at 11:00 am at the university’s administrative building. KU Treasurer Professor Dr. Md Nurunnabi and ICMAB Vice-President S M Jahir Uddin Haider signed the agreements on behalf of their respective institutions.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Nurunnabi said the MoUs would help build a strategic partnership between KU and ICMAB to strengthen human resource development and produce skilled professional cost and management accountants in the country.

Under the agreements, KU students will receive course exemptions in the ICMAB CMA programme. BBA graduates from the BA discipline and BBA in HRM graduates will be eligible for exemptions, subject to fulfilling prescribed conditions. Students pursuing the CMA programme alongside their BBA studies will also receive subject-wise exemptions upon achieving a minimum CGPA of 3.00.

The MoUs also provide for joint research, training programmes, seminars, and workshops to enhance the quality of accounting and audit education.