9:00 pm Webinar
Date: 25 February 2026 Time: 10:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM EAT | 9:00 PM BST Format: Online (Zoom)Description How should digital financial services be designed to genuinely support women’s economic empowerment? Drawing on emerging...
9:00 am BRAC Centre
The RIDGE Final Presentation & Award Ceremony brought together young researchers and mentors to celebrate months of hard work and collaboration. Out of 341 applications from across the country, 14 teams were selected for the...
9:00 am BRAC Centre
BIGD convened a day-long national conference, “Rupture, Reform, and Reimagining Democracy: Navigating the Agony of Transition,” to explore key findings from the forthcoming State of Governance 2024–25 report. This is the 11th in...
9:00 am Dhaka, Bangladesh
The International Conference on Economic Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities was jointly organised by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, and the PENDA Programme at the International Centre for...
3:00 pm Milonpur (9th Floor), BIGD
BIGD hosted a book talk by Alex Counts on the UPL edition of his latest book, Small Loans, Big Dreams. The event brought together practitioners and colleagues who have been part of Bangladesh’s microfinance journey since its...
9:00 am Milonpur (9th Floor), BIGD
BIGD organised the Bangladesh Economic Research Network's (BERN) Annual Dhaka Winter Conference in Economics, in collaboration with the Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB). The day-long conference brought...
10:00 am BIGD Office, BRAC Tower
BIGD organised a roundtable on Gender Justice and the Wellbeing Economy, which opened with reflections from Emeritus Professor Naila Kabeer, who traced the shared roots of gender injustice, rising inequality, and the climate...
12:00 am BARD Cumilla
Bangladesh is missing a robust ecosystem that nurtures young researchers with funding, structured mentorship, peer networks, and institutional support. To help bridge that gap, BIGD has partnered with Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD),...
9:00 am Shah Suja Hall, Ocean Paradise Hotel & Resort, Cox's Bazar
"The Education Research in Conflict and Crisis: Bilateral Research Chairs" project aims to generate and promote the use of new, operationally and policy-relevant evidence on “what works” to deliver education to children affected by...
2:30 pm মিলনপুর (9th floor), BRAC Tower, Mohakhali, Dhaka
South Asia is among the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions, with more than three-quarters of households and firms expecting weather shocks in the next decade. But how are they coping, and is it enough? On 23 November 2025, Dr...
9:00 pm Webinar
The second session of the CareerTalks series, titled "Navigating PhD Applications: Tips for Aspiring Economists", featured Mohammad Raied Arman (University of Washington), Farhana Kabir (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign), and...
8:00 pm Webinar
Date: 8 October 2025 Time: 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM BST | 10 AM to 11 AM EDT Type: Online Webinar Description This webinar introduced the 2026 Expressions of Interest (EOI) cycle for the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital...
4:00 pm Webinar
Date: Tuesday, 7 October 2025 Time: 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM (Asia/Dhaka) Type: Webinar As part of Financial Inclusion Week 2025, this session explored the unintended risks and vulnerabilities women face when engaging with digital...
