Int’l geopolitical conference today, CA to deliver inaugural address

The third edition of the three-day ‘Bay of Bengal Conversation’, an international geopolitical conference, is set to begin at a hotel in Dhaka today with diplomats, academics, researchers, policymakers and journalists from home and abroad going to attend the geopolitical talks.

Chief adviser (CA) to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus is expected to inaugurate the annual conference.

The Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), an independent think tank, is going to organize the conference on Saturday (November 16).

CGS executive director Zillur Rahman made the announcement at a press conference held yesterday in the capital.

The conference will convene 200 speakers and 800 participants from a total of 80 nations, representing diverse voices across various sectors and geographies, according to the CGS.