Where Is Bangladesh Headed? A Conversation With the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh

SPEAKER
Md. Shahidul Haque
Foreign Secretary, Government of Bangladesh
PRESIDER
Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

DATE AND TIME
Thursday, June 23, 2016
2:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Registration
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Discussion

LOCATION
Council on Foreign Relations
1777 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

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