Taskforce formed to redefine economic strategies

The interim government has formed a taskforce consisting of prominent economists, researchers, and business leaders who will compile a comprehensive report to redefine economic strategies and mobilise the necessary resources to achieve inclusive and sustainable development.
The Planning Division announced the formation of the 12-member committee in a directive on Tuesday night, with renowned economist and former Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dr. AKS Murshid, appointed as its chairman.
Other members of the taskforce include Syed Akhtar Mahmood, a former World Bank official; Selim Raihan, a professor of economics at Dhaka University; Abdur Razzaq, a former head of the research department at the Commonwealth Secretariat; and Mushfiq Mobarak, a professor of economics at Yale University in the USA.
The committee also comprises Shamsul Hoque, a professor at BUET; Rumana Huque, a professor of economics at Dhaka University; Syed Nasim Manzur, a former president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI);
Monzur Hossain, a research director at BIDS; Fahmida Khatun, the executive director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD); and AKM Fahim Mashroor, the CEO of BDjobs.
Md Kausar Ahmed, a member of the general economics division of the Planning Commission, has been appointed as the member secretary of the taskforce.
If necessary, new members can be added to the taskforce.
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