Background

Bangladesh has obtained significant economic growth, a high and consistent GDP level, substantial poverty reduction, and notable technological and ICT development over the 50 years since its independence in 1971. Bangladesh is now classified as a developing country. Bangladesh has consistently fought and triumphed over many societal, economic, and political challenges as the world’s largest delta. 

Furthermore, the adverse impacts of extreme climatic events, namely floods, cyclones, droughts, and salinity intrusion, and the global geopolitical situation have substantially affected the socioeconomic infrastructure, including human development factors in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has overcome these obstacles most of the time and achieved a position in the global arena where it has become a positive example for many other similar or comparable nations hoping to replicate its development discourses. 

Nevertheless, challenges remain where social scientists can contribute with their expertise, research, and policy frameworks. Against this backdrop, the Social Science School of Khulna University, Bangladesh, is going to organize an international conference on contemporary social science issues on the 27^th and 28^th of January, 2023.