Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman leaves for Delhi on Wednesday morning to attend a two-day high-level UN policy dialogue, beginning on Thursday.

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) of The United Nations will arrange the dialogue in New Delhi on ‘Development Challenges facing by the South and Southwest Asia’.

Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen, leading economists, researchers and policymakers of nine countries, will take part in the event, General Manager of Bangladesh Bank’s Governor’s Secretariat AFM Asaduzzaman said.

The central bank governor is expected to return home on December 17.

Source: The Daily Sun/ Bangladesh/ 14th Dec 2011