ICC-B president off to Bangkok
March 06, 2019 00:00:00
ICC Bangladesh president Mahbubur Rahman left Dhaka on Tuesday for Bangkok to attend UN-ESCAP Second Regional Workshop on Innovative Climate Finance Mechanisms for Financial Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region.
The two-day event begins in the Thai capital today (Wednesday), said a statement.
Mr. Mahbubur Rahman will speak in the inaugural session and discuss on hosting a region-wide high-level multi-stakeholder forum on financing for development in collaboration with ESCAP and Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh in the earlier part of this December.
Eight member delegation from Bangladesh is attending the workshop including Mr. Md. Ashadul Islam, Secretary, Bank and Financial Institutions Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh; Ms. Sultana Afroz, Additional Secretary & Wing Chief (UN), Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh; Mr. Ataur Rahman, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh; Mr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Professor and Director (Training), Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM); Mr. Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD), Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB); Mr. Khondkar Morshed Millat, General Manager, Sustainable Finance Department, Bangladesh Bank and Ms. Milia Sharmin, Deputy Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance.
Mr. Mahbubur Rahman is expected to return Dhaka tomorrow (Thursday).