Dr. K.A.S Murshid, DG, BIDS participated in the “ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum-2018” held this year in Canberra, Australia from 22-23 August. Dr. Murshid moderated the session on Country Paper Presentations. It was an excellent opportunity to learn from each other and deepen...

Dr. Monzur Hossain, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS participated in the “ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum-2018” held this year in Canberra, Australia from 22-23 August, 2018. Dr. Hossain presented a paper titled "Labour Market and Skills Gap in the ICT Sector in Bangladesh: An Exploratory...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized a seminar titled “Non-Financial Incentives, Selectivity and Performance of Volunteers: Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment” on 13 August, 2018, Monday at BIDS Seminar Room. The paper was presented by Dr. Asadul Islam,...

BIDS announces with great sadness the sudden death of Mr. A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain, Editor, The Financial Express on 1 August, 2018. Mr. Hossain was one of the senior fellows of BIDS  from 2010 to 2017. He was an internationally renowned journalist and also worked for The New Nation, United News...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organised a seminar titled “Is there nexus between remittances and private adaptation strategy to cope against natural disaster events? Evidence from the Cyclone Sidr hit regions in southern Bangladesh” by Dr. Sakib Mahmud, University of...

Dr. Mohammad Mainul Hoque, Research Fellow, BIDS attended the "Advancing South-South Learning in Asia and Evaluation Capacity Development Training” in South Korea from 3-4 July, 2018. The visit was sponsored by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Siban Shahana, Research Associate, BIDS attended the "Advancing South-South Learning in Asia and Evaluation Capacity Development Training”  in South Korea from 3-4 July, 2018. The visit was sponsored by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organised a seminar titled “Demand Estimation with Strategic Complementarities: Sanitation in Bangladesh" by Dr. Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor , Department of Economics, Yale University, USA on 11 July,2018 at BIDS Seminar Room. The...

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the conference titled “6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE)-2018”, organized by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden on 26-29 June, 2018. Dr. Mahmud made a presentation on "National Disaster and Risk Sharing...

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended research meetings on a study “Creating Social and Political Climate for Climate Change Adaptation” at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) on 24-25 June in Bergen. The visit was sponsored by CMI.