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...

“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

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized a seminar titled “What Motivates Politicians? Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in India” on 18th February, 2018, Sunday 11 AM at BIDS Conference Room. The paper was presented by Professor Kunal Sen. Using data from field...

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 students and...

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is proud to share the news that the position of BIDS has improved in two categories according to the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI). BIDS moved up 2 spots and ranked 102 (which was 104 in 2016) under the category of “Top Think...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and Bonik Barta honoured young entrepreneurs at an award giving ceremony on 29 January, 2018. This was the fifth time they jointly organised the event.Tofail Ahmed, Commerce Minister, Govt of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, handed over the...