Microcredit summit in Feb

Parliamentarians, government officials and representatives of non-governmental organisations will attend the four-day Asia-Pacific Region Microcredit Summit, expected to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

Some 250 foreign representatives including top officials of the World Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad), Department for International Development (DFID) and European Bank will brainstorm at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, the venue of the summit.

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Salehuddin Ahmed, managing director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and convenor of the Summit Meeting Organising Committee, announced the summit schedule yesterday at a press conference in Dhaka.

Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, executive director of Brac, AFM Matiur Rahman, director general of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB), Saiful Amin Khan, director general of Multi-lateral Economic Affairs, Abdul Mannan, executive director of Credit Development Forum, Shafiqul Haque Choudhury, managing director of ASA, and Dipal Chandra Barua, general manager of Grameen Bank, were also present at the press briefing.