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A two-day International Conference on 'Statistical Sciences' organised jointly by North South University, Bangladesh and Carleton University of Canada begins in Dhaka December 26. The conference will be inaugurated at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre by Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Governor of Bangladesh Bank.

Scientist Dr M Shamsher Ali, President of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences will be special guest.

M A Awal, Chairman of NSU, Dr Hafiz GA Siddiqi, NSU Vice-Chancellor, Dr Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, ICSS 2008 Executive Committee Chairman, and Dr Shahjahan Khan, International Scientific Committee will remain present at the conference as hosts. The closing ceremony of the conference will be held at Hotel Sarina from 7 pm 9 pm on December 27. Chairman of the University Grants Commission Professor Nazrul Islam will remain present as chief guest. The theme of the conference is 'Recent development in Statistical Sciences'. The Department of Career and Professional Development Services (CPDS), North South University, will organize the conference. Dr Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Professor, School of Business, and Director, CPDS of NSU and Chair, Executive Committee ICSS 2008 is the key organizer of the conference.

Participants are expected to come from all over the world including researchers and academics as well as representatives from business, industry, and government bodies and non-government agencies.

The main objectives of the conference are to bring together established and new researchers working on various statistical topics from all over the world to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners in statistical sciences to actively share their research experiences, ideas and contributions in a stimulating environment, to forge greater cooperation between statisticians of Bangladesh origin and the rest of the world, to promote the discipline of statistics as a profession in the wider community, particularly to the decision makers, to promote interaction and understanding amongst statisticians in the world.