Int'l Conference on Competitive Cooperation Held at IUB

Int'l conference held at IUB

A daylong International Conference was held at Bashundhara campus of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in Dhaka on February 23, 2017.

Global Studies and Governance (GSG) Program at IUB has organized the Conference - China, India & the United States in Bangladesh: Cultivating Competitive Cooperation, says a press release issued by IUB on February 22, 2017.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat attended the Inaugural Session of the Conference as chief guest. BIMSTEC Secretary General (Dhaka) Sumith Nakandala spoke on the occasion along with former Ambassador Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, adjunct Professor of IUB and former Pro-VC of BRAC University.

Chairman of Board of Trustees of IUB Rashed Chowdhury delivered the welcome speech. Besides, IUB Vice-Chancellor Professor M. Omar Rahman; SLASS Dean Dr. Mahbub Alam; and GSG program head Dr. Imtiaz A. Hussain also spoke on the occasion. ESTCDT Chairman Abdul Hai Sarker was given a formal vote of thanks upon conclusion of the inaugural session.

Through three sessions of the daylong Conference, eleven papers were presented by renowned academics and researchers of national and international institutions, including Dr. Francisco Haro Navejas and Professor Cristina Tapia Muro from University of Colima, Mexico; Dr. Syed Mahmud Ali, former Associate, East Asia International Affairs Program, London School of Economics, IDEAS; former ambassador Mr. Munshi Faiz Ahmad, director, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies; Ashfaqur Rahman, former ambassador to China; and Major General Muhammad Ashab Uddin, former ambassador to Kuwait and Yemen.

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Account BenefitFormer state minister for foreign affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury, executive director of Center for Policy Dialogue Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, executive director of Research Initiatives Dr. Meghna Guhathakurta and former Ambassador to USA M. Humayun Kabir moderated different sessions and put their valuable remarks based on their long experience.

During the closing session, noted citizens were shared their firsthand experiences and express views on how Bangladesh can maintain and nurture important strategic relations with USA, China, and India to prosper.
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