The National Defence College (NDC) at Mirpur Cantonment on Thursday organised a day-long seminar on ‘Non-Traditional Security Challenges in a Globalised World: A Common Strategy for Developing Countries’. Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Adviser to the Prime Minister, was present as the chief guest.
In his closing address he highlighted various important aspects of environmental security, climate change and internal migration of the country. He appreciated NDC for taking the initiative of organising a seminar on such an important contemporary issue of the country.
The seminar was moderated by Professor Dr Kawser Ahmed, Department of Oceanography and Professor Dr Delwar Hossain, Department of International Relations of University of Dhaka. Faculty members of NDC, eminent academia and personalities from both military and civil society, course members of National Defence Course and Armed Forces War Course 2019 attended the seminar.
Professor Dr Hassan Mahmud, Department of Environmental Science a and Management of North South University, A K M Mamunur Rashid, UNDP-BD Climate Change Specialist, Professor Md Mafizur Rahman, Department of Civil Engineering of BUET, Dr Tasnim Arifa Siddique, Founding Chair of Refugee and Migrating Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) attended the seminar and took part in the discussions.
Dr Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain, Pro Vice Chancellor of Open University and Asif Munier, Migration and Refugee Specialist also attended the programme and presented their keynote papers on different themes of the seminar. The discourse suggested thought-provoking ways forward in regards to environmental security, climate change and migration, which drew attention of the audience and deserves due consideration.
