Bangladesh at the crossroads
ABOUT THE EVENT
Welcome to the Bengal Delta Conference
As Bangladesh enters one of the most significant periods of transformation in its history, driven by the July Revolution which marks a pivotal turning point, this moment reflects the emergence of a new political consciousness with the potential to decisively shape the country’s future state building process. In response to this historic shift, the Dacca Institute of Research and Analytics (daira) is convening the Bengal Delta Conference 2025 under the theme: “Bangladesh at the Crossroads: Rethinking Politics, Economy, and Geopolitical Strategy.
Bangladesh at the crossroads
Our Feature
Rethinking politics
On the revolutionary legacy of the people of the land of the Delta: Revising the polity and policy
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29-30th August 2025
Our Speakers
Chief Guest
Prof. Muhammad Yunus
Chief Adviser, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Special Guest
Prof. Maszlee bin Malik
Former Education Minister, Malaysia
Ms. Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Adviser, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Dr. Dipak Gyawali
Former Minister of Water Resources, Nepal
Advisory Board
Prof. Niaz Ahmed Khan, PhD
Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka
Dr. Mushtaq Khan
Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London
Dr. Elora Shehabuddin
Professor, Gender & Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman
Chairperson, BRAC Bangladesh & Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Center (PPRC)
Dr. Samia Huq
Dean, School of General Education & Professor, Department of Economics & Social Sciences, BRAC University
Dr. Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan
Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka
Dr. Naomi Hossain
Professor of Development Studies, SOAS University of London
Dr. Iftekhar Iqbal
Associate Professor, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Dr. Kazi Iqbal
Research Director, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
Mirza M. Hassan, PhD.
Senior Research Fellow, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, Bangladesh
Speakers
Dr. David Jackman
Departmental Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Oxford
Dr. Irfan Ahmed
Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Ibn Haldun University.
Dr. Yasmin Saikia
Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University
Michael Kugelman
Director of the South Asia Institute, Wilson Center
Dr. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
Professor, Philosophy and Cultural Studies; Director of the Centre for Technology in Humanities, Kyung Hee University, Korea.
Dr. Maryam Wasif Khan
Associate Professor, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Dr. Soumyabrata Choudhury
Associate Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Dr. Faheem Hussain
Assistant Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
Prof. Dr. Sreeradha Datta
Professor, International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University
Prof. Dr. Prabha Manuratne
Professor, Department of English, University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Harindra B. Dassanayake
Researcher and Policy Analyst, Founding Member, Muragala Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy
Rajni Gamage
Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Niu Haibin
Associate Research Fellow and Director, Institute for Foreign Policy Studies; Director, Center for Latin America Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)
Dr. Emadul Islam
Senior Research Fellow ,The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) ,The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan
Partners
Bengaldelta Conference Venue
InterContinental Dhaka
