Press Release
05 January 2026While Bangladesh’s digital economy is expanding rapidly, the sector continues to face multiple challenges, including policy uncertainty, infrastructural constraints, high bandwidth costs, digital inequality, and a lack of accountability in the use of social media platforms. Against this backdrop, the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) is organizing a discussion titled “Open Forum for Democratic Reconstruction: Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship,” aiming to explore how the digital economy and the entrepreneurial ecosystem can be made more inclusive, equitable, and future-oriented.
The Discussion is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 10 AM at the CIRDAP Auditorium (Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific, Chameli House, 17 Topkhana Road, GPO Box 2883, Dhaka1000, Bangladesh).
The discussion will feature Distinguished Fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Managing Director of SME Foundation Anwar Hossain Chowdhury, Former President of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries Shahedul Islam Helal, Member of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Asif Ibrahim, President of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (WEAB) Nasreen Fatema Awal, Chairman, Daffodil Group of Sabur Khan, Dean, School of Business at University of Asia Pacific Professor M. A. Baqui Khalily, Former President of Bangladesh Economic Association Dr. Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Former President of BARVIDA Abdul Haque, Former Chairman of National Board of Revenue Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mazid, President of Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity Mohammad Helal Uddin, Professor of Department of Banking and Insurance at University of Dhaka Shahidul Islam Zahid, Chairman, Bangladesh National Awami Party–Bangladesh (NAP) Jebel Rahman Ghani, Associate Relationship Manager of City Bank PLC Tanha Kate, Joint Secretary General and International Affairs Editor of AB Party Barrister Nasreen Sultana Milli, Entrepreneur Abida Sultana, Entrepreneur Tazmin Nasrin, and Executive Director of Centre for Governance Studies Parvez Karim Abbasi, among others.
President of Centre for Governance Studies, Zillur Rahman will be moderating the dialogue.