| In the context of the upcoming national budget for FY2009-10 the CPD organised an expert group consultation to review the performance of major macroeconomic variables during FY2009 and articulate important policy challenges ahead. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, CPD made a presentation to initiate the discussion. Mustafa K Mujeri, Director General; Rushidan Islam Rahman, Research Director; Quazi Shahabuddin, Former Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS); M Asaduzzaman, Research Director; Mohammed Farashuddin, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank; Ismail Hussain, Professor of Economics, Jahangirnagar University;; Quazi Mesbahuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, PKSF, Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury, Chairman, Agrani Bank; A F M Shariful Islam, Chief Executive Officer, Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd, A B Mirza Azizul Islam, Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government attended the consultation meeting. Senior CPD officials including Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director; Anisatul Fatema Yousuf, Director; Uttam Kumar Deb, Head, Research Division; Fahmida Khatun, Additional Director, Research and Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Senior Research Fellow, CPD were also present at the meeting. |
