A two-day workshop on private sector development and policy reform issues for a group of government officials was launched in Dhaka on Saturday.

Thirty officials from a number of government departments and agencies took part in the programme styled 'Private Sector Development Learning Event', says a press release.

The SouthAsia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF), a multi-donor-funded facility of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). along with the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (Fias), a joint initiative of the IFC and the World Bank, organised the programme aiming at informing the government officials about a wide range of private sector development and policyrefo rm issues.

Addressing the opening session as the chief guest, Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, principal secretary to the prime minister, said the role of the private sector is fundamental in achieving the PRSP (poverty reductionstrategy paper) goals.

Board of Investment Executive Chairman Mahmudur Rahman. Bangladesh Enterprise Institute President Farooq Sobhan and SEDF Acting General Manager Deepak Adhikary also spoke at the inaugural function.