36th CPD Board of Trustees Meeting Held

The 36th CPD Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting was held on 5 October 2011 at the CPD Dialogue Room. Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman of the CPD-BoT presided over the meeting. Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director, CPD briefed the Trustee members on the research, dialogue and publication activities undertaken since the previous meeting and presented CPD’s research, dialogue and publication plan for October-December 2011 which was approved by the BoT. The Board also approved the revised CPD budget for the year 2011. Noble Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman, Yunus Centre and Former Advisor of the Caretaker Government; Mr M Syeduzzaman, Member, Board of Trustees, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines and Former Finance Minister; Mr Nurul Haq, Former Member, Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh; Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman, Apex Group and Former Advisor of the Caretaker Government; Mr Anisuzzaman, Director General, Bangla Academy and Professor Emeritus, University of Dhaka; and Advocate Sultana Kamal, Executive Director, Ain o Salish Kendra and Former Advisor of the Caretaker Government were present at the meeting.