A distinguished panel of experts and journalists will analyze the results of the Dec. 29 Bangladesh elections and what they mean for Bangladesh, the region and Bangladesh-US relations.

Speakers include:

* Syeed Ahamed, senior research associate, Center for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh

* Steve Herman, South Asia bureau chief, VOA, who covered the elections

* Sara Hossain, a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, practicing in the areas of public interest and human rights law. she is on the board of ASK, a national human rights organisation

* Prof. Ali Riaz, chair in the Department of Government & Politics at Illinois State University

* Asif Saleh recently retired from his post as vice president at Goldman Sachs in London to be the full-time executive director of Drishtipat, a Bangladesh human rights organization he founded in 2001

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