The 37th Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting of CPD was held on 14 February 2012 at the CPD Dialogue Room. The Board reviewed CPD’s research, dialogue and publication activities held during October 2011 to January 2012 and expressed satisfaction over the performance. The Board endorsed CPD’s research, dialogue and publication plans for 2012. These included a wide range of activities concerning a number of key issues of importance to Bangladesh economy and interest to the least developed countries (LDCs) covering areas such as food security, governance, climate change and environment, energy, regional trade, etc.
The meeting was presided over by Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman of the CPD BoT. CPD Trustees Ms Khushi Kabir, Coordinator, Nijera Kori; Mr M Syeduzzaman, Former Finance Minister of Bangladesh; Mr Nurul Haq, Former Member, Planning Commission; Ms Laila Rahman Kabir, Managing Director, Kedarpur Tea Company Limited; and Mr Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman, Apex Group were present in the meeting.