A day-long seminar entitled 'English Language Teaching in Bangladesh: Policy, Practice and Strategy' was organized by BU Institute of Educational Development (IED) on September 04, 2006 and held at BRAC Centre. British High Commissioner, Mr Anwar Choudhury and Mr Mahfuz Anam, the editor of the Daily Star, were the distinguished guests at the seminar. Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, Director, BU-IED, in explaining the aim of the seminar, said, " Bilingualism -high proficiency in both Bangla and English by all completing secondary education -must be our goal." About eighty academics, teachers, researchers and officials concerned with primary and secondary education attended the seminar. The seminar was chaired by Professor Firdous Azim, Chairperson, ENH, BU. Key note papers were presented by Professor Shamsul Haque, former Chief Editor of NCTB, Tripti Dey and Md. Nazrul Islam, National Academy of Primary Education, Goutam Roy and Zulfeqar Haider, teacher trainers in ELTIP, and Jaddon Park, BU-IED. Professor Arifa Rahman, President, Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA), Professor Hamidur Rahman, Institute of Modern Languages, Dhaka University, Ms. Syeda Sarwat Abed, Director, English Language Programme (El-Pro), BU, Professor Shaheen Kabir, Jahangirnagar University, and Richard Sunderland, Acting Head, British Council also spoke at the seminar.