Lawmaker RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury is set to attend a programme on diaspora and development in the Netherlands on October 31.
He will be attending the 10-year commemorative programme of BASUG, styled “Diaspora and Development: The Case of Bangladesh” at the Bel Air Hotel in the Hague as the chief guest.
BASUG works on a number of issues including remittance, development, investment and entrepreneurship, gender, diaspora engagement in development of Bangladesh and South Asia, ready-made garments, migrants' rights and for participation of overseas Bangladeshis in development of Bangladesh.
The programme will also be attended by senior officials of the Dutch foreign ministry, and Bangladeshi embassy representatives from Rome, the Network University of Amsterdam, Oxfam Novib Netherlands, African civil society organisations, members of Bangladeshi community in the Netherlands and European countries and other stakeholders.
The day-long programme will be rounded off by a brief cultural afternoon with Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan performances.
