Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, RD, BIDS attended a Technical Meeting entitled “Future fish supply and demand scenarios: Implications for aquaculture and fisheries development, food and nutrition security in Bangladesh” at Penang, Malaysia from 17th-19th December 2015 at the invitation of the WorldFish...

Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS attended a Consultative Meeting with Africa's New and Emerging Development Partners (BRICS) held on 8 to 9 December 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand at the invitation of the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism (UNMM) and UNESCAP. Dr. Murshid shared Bangladesh’s...

Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman, Research Director, BIDS attended the SARNET Regional Conference on “Meeting the Challenges of Employment & Inclusive Growth in South Asia” in New Delhi, India on 24-25 October, 2015. It was organized by the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi in association...

Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS was in Tokyo to attend a conference organized by the North East Development Cooperation Forum, held in JICA on 31 October - 1 November, 2015. The conference discussed ODA experience of the new donors (China, S. Korea and Russia) along with old donors (Japan) both from a...

Dr. K.A.S Murshid, Director General, BIDS delivered a public lecture on “From Test Case to Development Paradox: The Bangladesh Story” at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York on 24 September 2015. He talked about how Bangladesh has turned into a Low Middle Income Country from a ‘basket’...

Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, RD, BIDS and Dr. Monzur Hossain, SRF, BIDS attended a two-day event titled “Think Sustainable, Act Responsible” organized by Asian Development Bank during 15-16 September, 2015 in its headquarter, Manila. The event consisted of four interactive thematic sessions on...

Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS participated in the regional think tank conference sponsored by ADB, in Putrajaya, Malaysia held on 7-10 September, 2015. This was an important networking occasion that allowed very fruitful discussions to be held with the heads of a number of think tanks. BIDS will be...

Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, RD, BIDS was in Beijing to attend a seminar on BCIM’s Investment Climate on FDI in Electricity Infrastructure. The seminar was organized by the National Institute of International Strategy (NIIS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) and was held on 25 June, 2015....

Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS participated in the GDN Conference in Casablanca, Morocco held on June 11-13, 2015. The theme of the conference was Sustainable Growth: Challenges and Opportunities for a New 'Green Revolution'. He was the discussant for the SANEI-EADN session of the conference...

Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, Director General, joined the 3rd Asian Think Tank Summit in Manila jointly sponsored by the ADB and the University of Pennsylvania, held on 20-22 May 2015. The event brought together CEOs of 21 Think Tanks from all over the Asia-Pacific region to discuss policy...