Country Representative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Bangladesh, Dr. Akhter Ahmed made a courtesy call on the Speaker of the National Parliament Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at her office today (Monday).
Dr. Ahmed apprised the Speaker that IFPRI and FAO will jointly hold an International Conference on “Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition” from November 28-30 in Bangkok, Thailand. He invited Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to participate at the conference as one of the Keynote speakers.
The Speaker thanked for organizing such kind of conference. She hoped that the conference would help identify opportunities for scaling up action to reduce hunger and malnutrition. She informed the Country Representative that she would attend the conference.
Senior Communications Specialist, Md. Shafiqul Karim, was also present on the occasion.
This is the English rendering of a press release issued by the office of the Speaker on 3 September 2018.