The New Nation - Internet Edition

Banglalink Roundtable Conference on "Immediate Need for the Development of Bangladesh Tourism" will be held in the city on June 14. Organised jointly by the premier travel publication The Bangladesh Monitor and national Bangla Daily Samakal and sponsored by mobile giant Banglalink, the roundtable will be held at the Ball Room of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel at 3:30 pm. The keynote paper on the topic will be presented by Raquib Siddiqi, Chief Editor, The Bangladesh Monitor. Abed Khan, Editor, the daily Samakal will be the Moderator. Among those who will be present in the Elite Panel of Discussants are: Mahbub Jamil, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Syed Mohammad Zobaer, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Abdul Karim, Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Touhid Hossain, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shafique Alam Mehdi, Chairman, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Dr. M. A. Momen, Managing Director, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Rashid Khan, Managing Director and CEO, Banglalink, Shahab Sattar, Managing Director, GMG Airlines, M. Haider Uzzaman, Chairman, Best Air Ltd, Hasan Mansur, President, Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB), M. A. Muhaimin Saleh, President, Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB), Mohammad Jahangir, Executive Director, Centre for Development Communication and Hanif Zakaria, Area Manager, Emirates Bangladesh.The deliberations by the Elite Panel of Discussants will be followed by an Open Forum.