Development conference at ULAB

To highlight the importance of project design and implementation in addressing sustainable challenges, a session was held on the closing day of the 3rd Annual Conference for Sustainable Development at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.

Dr Saleemul Huq, director, International Center for Climate Change and Development, presided over the session, in which country's leading development experts participated, said a press release.

Chief guest Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury, secretary to the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change, stressed collaborative sustainable development strategies in all the sectors.

Carolyn Roberts, a professor of environment at Gresham College, London; Dr Sultan Ahmed, director general of Department of Environment; Md Khurshid Alam, assistant country director, United Nations Development Programme; Prof HM Jahirul Haque, vice chancellor, ULAB; and  Kazi Inam Ahmed, member, ULAB Board of Trustees, also spoke.