Many issues were raised including inflation, reserves crisis, exports, discrepancy in government data, education system and quality, banking problems and crisis, foreign debt, dollar exchange rate, fear of sanctions on the economy and trade, preferential trade-facilities in western markets. Discussion.
Chaired by NOAB Chairman AK Azad, the exchange of views was attended by Waheeduddin Mahmood, former advisor to the caretaker government and former Professor of Economics Department of Dhaka University, Salehuddin Ahmed, former Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Executive Director of Policy Research Institute (PRI). ) Ahsan H Mansoor, Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow of the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Professor Mushtaq Khan of the Department of Economics, SOAS University of London and Professor Rashed Al Mahmood Titumir, Chairman of the Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka.
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