Also present at the event were Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Fahmida Khatun, Managing Director of City Bank Masrur Arefin, Dhaka Bank MD Sheikh Mohammad Maruf, and Pubali Bank MD Mohammad Ali, among others.

Hossain Zillur Rahman said economics is an applied science.

"That's why we are trying to make economics popular from the school and college levels. This year, there were 20,000 participants. Bangladesh Economics Olympiad is increasingly becoming a focal point of attention each year," he added.