BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

The Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organized a seminar on Look Africa: An Emerging Foreign Policy Option for Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday, 02 December 2010. Dr. Gowher Rizvi, Adviser to the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh was present as Chief Guest. Colonel A K M Nazrul Islam, afwc, psc, G, Acting Director General of BIISS delivered the Address of Welcome.  In the seminar, three papers were presented. Prof. Dr. Syed Anwar Husain presented a paper on Bangladesh and Africa: Changing Realities, Opportunities and Challenges. Dr. Mohammad Mahfuz Kabir and Mr. Sharif Mosharraf Hossain, Research Fellows at BIISS, jointly presented a paper on Why Look Africa: An Analysis of Economic Potential for Bangladesh. Brigadier General Ilyas Iftekhar Rasul, ndc, psc, (on LPR) presented a Bangladesh paper on Bangladesh’s Contribution to UN Peace Keeping Missions in Africa.  The seminar was attended by foreign dignitaries, government officials, academicians, civil society members and representatives from electronic and print media. The seminar was chaired by Major General Muhammad Firdaus Mian, psc, Chairman, Board of Governors of BIISS.