Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh

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constitutional office public audit authority supreme audit institution

The Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh is the supreme audit institution of the country, responsible for auditing government revenues and expenditures to ensure accountability and transparency in public financial management.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh	1
Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh canonical	1
Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh (officeholder)	1
Directorates of Audit in Bangladesh	1
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1409528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh
Context triple: [Constitution of Bangladesh, establishesBody, Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh]

A. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the constitutional authority responsible for auditing all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and the state governments to ensure accountability and transparency in public finances.
B. Auditor General
The Auditor General is the top official responsible for overseeing and directing national audit work within China's central government structure.
C. Commission on Audit
The Commission on Audit is the Philippines’ independent constitutional body responsible for examining, auditing, and settling all accounts and expenditures of the government and its agencies.
D. Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
The Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau is Japan’s top government legal official responsible for overseeing the drafting, examination, and interpretation of laws and cabinet legislation.
E. Israel State Comptroller
The Israel State Comptroller is an independent governmental watchdog responsible for auditing public institutions and overseeing the legality, efficiency, and integrity of public administration in Israel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh
Target entity description: The Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh is the supreme audit institution of the country, responsible for auditing government revenues and expenditures to ensure accountability and transparency in public financial management.

A. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the constitutional authority responsible for auditing all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and the state governments to ensure accountability and transparency in public finances.
B. Auditor General
The Auditor General is the top official responsible for overseeing and directing national audit work within China's central government structure.
C. Commission on Audit
The Commission on Audit is the Philippines’ independent constitutional body responsible for examining, auditing, and settling all accounts and expenditures of the government and its agencies.
D. Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
The Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau is Japan’s top government legal official responsible for overseeing the drafting, examination, and interpretation of laws and cabinet legislation.
E. Israel State Comptroller
The Israel State Comptroller is an independent governmental watchdog responsible for auditing public institutions and overseeing the legality, efficiency, and integrity of public administration in Israel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office ⓘ public audit authority ⓘ supreme audit institution ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Bangladesh ⓘ
audits	autonomous bodies receiving government funds ⓘ divisions of the Government of Bangladesh ⓘ government departments ⓘ ministries of the Government of Bangladesh ⓘ state-owned enterprises of Bangladesh ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article 127 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ Article 128 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ Article 129 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ Article 130 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament of Bangladesh ⓘ
country	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
countryOfHeadquarters	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
ensures	efficiency and economy in public spending ⓘ proper use of public funds ⓘ regularity of government financial transactions ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh (officeholder)
headOf	Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh
independenceGuaranteedBy	Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Bangladesh ⓘ
languageOfWork	Bengali ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
location	Dhaka ⓘ
memberOf	Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ⓘ International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ⓘ Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ⓘ surface form: South Asian Association of Accountants General or equivalent regional body
objective	improving governance through audit ⓘ strengthening public sector accountability ⓘ
oversees	Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Directorates of Audit in Bangladesh
primaryFunction	compliance audit ⓘ financial audit of government accounts ⓘ performance audit ⓘ
produces	audit reports on central government ⓘ audit reports on local government bodies receiving central funds ⓘ
reportsTo	Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ President of Bangladesh ⓘ
role	audit of public expenditures ⓘ audit of public revenues ⓘ ensuring accountability in public financial management ⓘ ensuring transparency in public financial management ⓘ
sector	public financial management ⓘ
submitsReportsTo	Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Bangladesh
typeOfIndependence	financial independence ⓘ functional independence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of Bangladesh → establishesBody → Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh ⓘ

President of Bangladesh → appoints → Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh

Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh → headOf → Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh

Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh → oversees → Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directorates of Audit in Bangladesh

Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh → hasTitleHolder → Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh (officeholder)

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