39th CPD Board of Trustees Meeting Held

The 39th CPD Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting was held on 28 December 2012 at the CPD Dialogue Room. Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman of the CPD-BoT presided over the meeting. The Board reviewed and then endorsed CPD’s plan of research, dialogue and publication related activities for 2013. The Board decided to invite Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya to be a member of the CPD-BoT. The Board also approved the proposal to promote Dr Fahmida Khatun to the position of the Research Director of CPD. CPD’s budget for the year 2013 was also approved in this meeting. BoT members Ms Khushi Kabir, Coordinator, Nijera Kori; Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman, Yunus Centre; Mr M Syeduzzaman, Former Finance Minister; Mr Nurul Haq, Former Member, Bangladesh Planning Commission; Ms Laila Rahman Kabir, Managing Director, Kedarpur Tea Company Limited; Professor Anisuzzaman, Professor Emeritus, University of Dhaka; and Advocate Sultana Kamal, Executive Director, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) were present at the meeting.