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BEA’s biennial conference begins Dec 21

DHAKA, Dec 19, 2017 (BSS)- The 20th Biennial Conference of Bangladesh
Economic Association (BEA) will begin at the Institution of Diploma Engineers
Bangladesh (IDEB) on December 21.

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will inaugurate
the three-day conference while Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) chairman Prof
Rehman Sobhan will attend as the guest of honour, said former BEA president
Abdul Barakat at a press conference at its office here today.

Deputy Speaker Md Fazle Rabbi Miah will attend the closing ceremony as the
chief guest.

He said the theme of the conference is “Economics and Ethics” as ethics is
very important economics and applied economy. Five articles will be presented
in five plenary sessions of the conference while a total of 115 papers will
be presented in the 12 working sessions during the conference, said Barakat.

He said BEA president Prof Dr Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury will chair the
opening session while BEA general secretary Dr Jamaluddin Ahmed will deliver
welcome address.

Barakat expressed the hope that a direction on the importance of the
ethics, its application, problem and remedy in market and finance related
process and management is expected to come out from the conference.

He said reform in financial management needs to be discussed for improving
the country’s financial management for the sake of the financial sector.

Economists Dr Mohammad Farashuddin, Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Dr Saleh
Uddin Ahmed, Dr Atiur Rahman, Prof Dr Shamsul Alam, Dr Mustafizur Rahman, Dr
Mostafa Kamal Mujeri, Pro Dr Towfiq Ahmad Chowdhury are expected to take part
in different plenary and working sessions.

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