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June 5th proved to be consequential for Youth Policy Forum (YPF) Budget 2020 Dialogue, with their second last panel bringing together leading politicians of varying party affiliations to discuss the recommendations put forward by expert and student-led panels in prior sessions. The esteemed panel consisted of Waseqa Ayesha Khan, MP of Bangladesh Awami League; Barrister […]

“Past shapes the present and that shapes the future. They are linked in a chain.” – Professor Nurul Islam The third episode of Youth Policy Forum’s flagship series “Talking Policies with Dr. Akhtar Mahmood” is a journey through history that explores economics, politics, and policies through the eyes of Professor Nurul Islam, Deputy Chairman of the

On 30th of May, Youth Policy Forum (YPF) organised the fourth instalment of YPF 2020 Budget Dialogue, this time on the Infrastructure and Energy sector. The dialogue was a part of the sectoral analysis for the upcoming budget, with the purpose being to generate ideas with help from young professionals and students and convey them

Youth Policy Forum (YPF) has been organising a series of webinars to analyse Bangladesh’s upcoming national budget with field experts and policy teams. After hosting their first and second webinar exploring Bangladesh’s Healthcare system and Agriculture sector, YPF held a third budget dialogue webinar on May 27, which focused on the Social Protection (SP) system

The budget dialogue is a webinar series organised by the Youth Policy Forum (YPF) to analyse Bangladesh’s upcoming national budget with field experts and policy teams and for their first discussion, they covered the healthcare sector. The webinar took place on May 18 where panelists included Dr Mohammad Shahadat Hossain Mahmud, Dr Taufique Joarder, Dr

To do a deep dive into the 2020 national budget, Youth Policy Forum (YPF) has organised the “The 2020 Budget Dialogue” – a by sector expert analysis spanning three weeks, starting from today. The national budget is always the centre of high voltage policy discussions every year, and this time around it will determine Bangladesh’s

Bangladeshis have long wanted their own policy dialogue platform, a medium through which they can access the sort of expert, unbiased opinion that is available elsewhere in the world, such as BBC’s Hard Talks or Oxford Union style debates. The current pandemic has brought that need to the forefront, and in response, Youth Policy Forum