Dr. Kazi Iqbal, Senior Research Fellow attended the 6th seminar on “Asia and Pacific Economies” in China on 11-12 May, 2018 organized by the Jiaotong-Liverpool University China and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).

Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, Research Director, BIDS attended “15th Annual SANEI Conference “from 10-11 May, 2018 in Kathmundu, Nepal.  The visit was funded by SANEI.

Dr. Nazneen Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the “South Asia Investor Conference (SAIC 2018)” held on 7-8 May, 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  The visit was sponsored by the LankaBangla Securities Ltd.

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the “ADB-ADBI-the University of Tokyo Conference on Behavioral Economics for Development Policy," held on 30 March, 2018 at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Mahmud chaired a session on "Agriculture, Land and Human...

Maruf Ahmed, Research Associate, BIDS attended the “17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health” in Cape Town, South Africa from 7-9 March, 2018. The conference was organized by Cancer Research, UK.

“Bangla New Year 1425” was celebrated on 15th April, 2018 at BIDS premise. The staff of BIDS organized a joyous and colorful cultural programme. Traditional dishes like ‘muri-murki’, sweets, green mango juice, pitha-puli, jilapi, chotpoti etc were served in the event. Dr. K A S Murshid,...

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BIDS announce with great sadness the sudden death of Ms. Simeen Mahmud on 19 March, 2018. Ms. Mahmud joined the Institute in 1974 and retired in 2008 as a Research Director. She was a demographer by training but also wrote extensively on microcredit, health, employment and gender issues.

BIDS announces with great sadness the death of Dr. Chowdhury Anwaruzzaman on 2 March, 2018. Born on 3 March 1946, Dr. Anwaruzzaman joined the Institute in 1970 and retired in 2011 as a Senior Research Fellow. He received his PhD from Cornell University, USA in 1994 in Economics. His research...

Newsletter Vol. 5   Issue 2  December 2017   Pdf