Rubana Ahmed attended a dialogue on “Analysis of the National Budget FY2014-15” organized by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on June 14. The session was chaired by Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, CPD. Dr Fahmida Khatun, Research Director, CPD made the keynote presentation. Renowned personalities like Dr Akbar Ali Khan (Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government) and Dr Salehuddin Ahmed (Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank) were also present.
Adnan M. S. Fakir was invited as a judge and guest speaker along with Syed Badrul Ahsan, Executive Editor of The Daily Star, by North South University in their inter-university poetry competition “Pursuit of Poetry,” held during 21-22 June. Critique and feedback of winning poems were discussed and winners, along with their prize money, were provided with Adnan Fakir’s latest poetry book compilation, “Canvas.
Dr. Dina Siddiqi participated in a two-day conference on “Sexual violence and Impunity in the Conflict Zones of South Asia” organized by Zubaan, Delhi (an independent feminist publishing house based in India) and Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) on June 29-30. Professor Siddiqi was the discussant on Faustina Pereira’s paper.