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Climate change as opportunity for national consensus [video]

January 18, 2016

Farah Kabir spoke at IID’s policy breakfast on climate change that held on 16 January 2016. She strongly believes that COP21 represents a huge opportunity for Bangladesh in terms of…

Paris has been a great success [video]

January 18, 2016

Anwar Hossain Manju MP, Honorable Minister for Environment and Forests, debriefed the audience on Bangladesh’s experience at Paris Conference (COP21). While speaking after IID’s Policy Breakfast on Climate Change and…

To tackle climate change, consider another model, than the capitalist model [video]

January 18, 2016

H. E.Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France in Bangladesh speaks on climate change and Bangladesh’s role. She made the remarks after IID’s Policy Breakfast on Climate Change held on 17th January…

Mainstream climate change in development [video]

January 18, 2016

Dr. Atiq A Rahman, Executive Director of BCAS, spoke at IID’s Policy Breakfast on climate change that held on 16 January 2016. He stated that the fundamental issue right now…

Can bickering political parties unit for climate change? [video]

January 18, 2016

Dr. Saleemul Huq speaks at IID’s policy breakfast on climate change held on 17th January 2016. He stressed on the notion that climate is a national concern and political conflicts…

National unity to brave climate change

January 17, 2016

Climate change affects us all, and therefore we must stand united to weather the storm—urged the participants of IID’s sixth Policy Breakfast. The newest segment of the Policy Breakfast series themed…

Bangladesh can lead climate change campaign

January 17, 2016

Simon Maxwell, Executive Chair of Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) highlighted some key policy options that are necessary to turn the Paris agreement into action for Bangladesh. When he…

Climate Change and Bangladesh: Post-Paris debate

December 29, 2015

IID and the High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh are organizing the next Policy Breakfast on Climate Change and Bangladesh. As always, high level participants are expected in the policy…

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Skilled labour force: Where have all the women gone?

November 15, 2015

IID is exploring the reasons why women are mostly in the low-paid echelon, but absent in the skilled labour force category in key sectors like construction and readymade garments. The…

From cash to bKash: The next big step for mobile money

November 13, 2015

Can mobile money take the next big step and convince the big institutes to use mobile money for organizational transactions? IID study seeks to find that. IID has partnered with…

RTI must for democracy – Information Minister at online seminar

October 6, 2015

High level representatives from government and civil society attended this open-for-public online seminar to brainstorm way forwards for right to information campaign. Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu commented, “Establishment of…

Bangladesh: A Brand Name in UN Peace-Keeping

September 17, 2015

The pledge of UN Under-Secretary General Atul Khare to appoint more Bangladeshis to commanding positions in UN Peace Keeping Operations and appreciating Bangladesh’s role in UN peace Keeping is refreshing.…