BIDS arranged the most awaited annual picnic on 9 February, 2019 for the staff and their families. This year we celebrated the day in Pubail, Gazipur where it gave us experience of being surrounded by greenery and the beauty of nature. There were activities like cricket match and various other games...

Dr. K A S Murshid, Director General, BIDS officially inaugurated the BIDS stall in Bangla Academy on 6 February, 2019, where the researchers and staffs of the institute participated.BIDS has set up bookstall in the Bangla Academy premises this year as part of the annual “boi-mela”. This is an...

BIDS announces with great sadness the sudden death of its Former Director General, Dr Mashiur Rahman Khan, who passed away in Dhaka on 22 December, 2018 due to several old age complications. Dr. Khan joined BIDS in 1960 and retired as a Research Director in 1997. Later, he served BIDS as an Acting...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organised a seminar titled "Long-Term Effects of the Female Secondary Stipend Programme in Bangladesh" by Ryotaro Hayashi, Social Sector Economist, ADB on 24 January, 2019 at BIDS Seminar Room. The paper was written by Shahidur R. Khandker, Hussain...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organised a workshop on "Experiments in Development Economics", Tuesday, 18th December, 2018, at BIDS conference room.The first paper was presented by Dr. Minhaj Mahmud (BIDS) on “Individualized Self-learning Program to Improve Primary Education:...

"BIDS Research ALMANAC was held on 11-12 November 2018 at Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka. The aim of this annual flagship event of BIDS is to provide an opportunity to highlight new research ideas and findings and to undergo public scrutiny of BIDS work. Spread over a total of five technical sessions,...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized Abdul Ghafur Memorial Lecture on 4 November 2018, Sunday at BIDS Seminar Room. This year, the lecture was given by Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on “Recent Economic Growth...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized a seminar titled "Financing for SMEs" by Professor Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute( ADBI) , Tokyo, on Sunday, 28th October 2018 at BIDS Seminar Room.The seminar was attended by BIDS researchers and...

Newsletter Vol. 6   Issue 1  June 2018Pdf

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized a seminar titled “Adolescent exposure to and attitude towards violence: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh” on 29 August, 2018, Wednesday at BIDS Seminar Room. The paper was presented by by Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS.The study...