Professor Mahfuzul I. Khondaker Visits BIDS
Dr. Mahfuzul I. Khondaker, Professor of Criminology at Kutztown University, visited BIDS on 29th May, 2016 at 3pm and gave a brief lecture on the crime and criminal justice systems in Bangladesh through an analysis of social, political, and economic structures. He also described how income...
BIDS-WB Book Launch of "Stitches to Riches?"
Bangladesh can create millions of jobs in its garment sector by raising productivity of people and improving social and environmental compliance, the World Bank said in a book launching ceremony hosted jointly with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) on 2 May 2016. The study Stitches...
BIDS Critical Conversation 2016 (April 23-24)
BIDS Critical Conversation 2016 A two-day long conference was held at the BICC on 23 and 24 April, 2016 addressing the “Bangladesh Journey”. This was an opportunity to involve policy makers and a broad spectrum of academics, experts and civil society members in a genuine conversation on the...
Pradeep Mitra and Kathryn Steinberger from World Bank visits BIDS
Dr. Pradeep Mitra, Senior Consultant, IEG Human Development and Economic Management Department, World Bank and Ms. Kathryn Steingraber, Evaluation Analyst, World Bank visited the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies to discuss what impacts World Bank interventions in agriculture and rural...
Seminar on "The Security of Agency: Towards a Sociology of Poverty" by Professor Geoff Wood
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies organized a seminar on “The Security of Agency: Towards a Sociology of Poverty” presented by Professor Emeritus Geoff Wood from the University of Bath, held on Wednesday, 9 March, 2016 at 3.00 PM at the BIDS Conference Room. The eminent Social...
Memorial Meeting in honour of late Dr. Mahabub Hossain
A Memorial Meeting was held in honour of Late Dr. Mahabub Hossain, former DG, BIDS, in the BIDS Conference Room on 25 February, 2016 at 3 pm. The Director General of BIDS, Dr. KAS Murshid warmly welcomed the guests and invited Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud to chair the session. Later, a brief...
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and South Asian University (SAU)
BIDS has recently signed a MoU with South Asian University (SAU) in New Delhi, India, which was established by the SAARC nations. Through this collaboration, these two unique institutions have promised to mutually work together to promote academic excellence and regional understanding through...
Uploaded Date : 2016-05-05BIDS book stall at the
As in the past, BIDS has set up a bookstall in the Bangla Academy premises this year as well as part of the annual “boi mela” held in commemoration of the martyrs of the language movement of 1952. The mela draws a large number of book lovers, academics, poets, novelists and writers along with...