An international conference on “Achieving Edge for Bangladesh” will be organised at Harvard University in the United States on October 13.
The conference will discuss “Sustainability of Good Governance” and “Management of Strategic Resources” in reference to Padma Bridge and shared water resources, said a press release.
Bangladesh center for Development Studies, a civil society think-tank in North America, will organise the conference where all parties concerned, including top ranking leaders of the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP, will exchange their views.
The first session will focus on how to sustain good governance and its impact on the development of Bangladesh. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, a director of UNDP, is expected to deliver the keynote speech at the session.
While newly appointed Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, acting secretary general of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, AL lawmaker Nazmul Hasan and BNP’s information and research secretary Shakil Wahid will speak at the session.
The second session which is expected to be chaired by John Briscoe and Peter Rogers of Harvard University, will discuss the challenges that Bangladesh has faced so far in ensuring effective management of shared water resources.
This session will be addressed by Bangladesh’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Dr AK Abdul Momen, acting editor of the Daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman and Dr Enamul Haq, said the press release.
-With The Daily Star input
