Bangladesh’s glorious war of liberation started with the elections in Pakistan in December 1970. In those elections, 75 million people of Bangladesh had voted freely and fairly and by winning the elections had sent the message to the Pakistani military regime that West Pakistan’s neo-colonial relationship with East Pakistan must end. Details
Published by Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on 17th DEC, 2016
The Dhaka Forum (TDF) jointly organized a roundtable discussion “Accessible and Affordable Healthcare in Bangladesh” in collaboration with the Southeast Bank at Policy Research Institute Conference Centre in Dhaka on the 6th August 2016. Details
Published by Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on 6th AUG, 2016
The world is yet to recover from the Financial Crisis of 2007. Banks world over collapsed in a heap. Greece, as a country was the centerpiece of loss of public trust in the banking system ability to serve the interests of the depositors, investors, the general public and the real economy. Details
Published by Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on 16th January, 2016
IN THE recent past, the Dhaka Forum, a newly minted think tank (for lack of a better description) conducted in-house discussions to review developments since the January 5, 2014 elections which had thrown the country into political turmoil of unprecedented proportions. Details
Published by Ambassador Iftikharul Karim on 19th SEP, 2015
The global financial and economic crisis started in 2007 as an aftermath of the housing sector bubble coupled with aggressive lending practices in the US sub-prime mortgage market and lax regulation of the financial sector. The financial crisis, like a contagious disease, spread to the real sector of the US economy and affected both financial and real sectors of the world, making the crisis a global and very serious challenge for economic activities. Details
Published by Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on 12th APR, 2015