Dr Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Mr. Iftekhar Md. ShafiquI Kalam and Mr. Mohammad Mastak Al Amin joined in a discussion meeting with the recently elected 111th President of the American Statistical Association (ASA), Professor Jessica M. Utts and Chair of the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Irvine, USA at BRAC Centre Inn on 30 December 2015. The discussion meeting was presided over by Professor Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury, Vice Chairperson, BRAC. Eminent teachers and researchers from different universities and R&D institutions of the country participated in the meeting. Different issues and prospects of statistics profession in Bangladesh were discussed. The meeting felt that there was a strong need for collaboration between Bangladesh and USA in the field of statistics education and research. Professor Jessica M. Utts assured that she would put her best effort to enhance the cooperation between the two countries. The meeting was followed by a lunch.