Mirza Ashfaqur Rahman

Mr. Mirza Ashfaqur Rahman was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) on November 3, 2024. Prior to this, on August 20, 2024, he was designated to lead BPPA and appointed as the Project Director for the “Digitizing Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP),” currently underway at BPPA.

European Contractors, Suppliers, and Consultants Road Shows

The Asian Development Bank acknowledges that the global construction industry faces many challenges that will impact participation in and pricing of large-scale ADB-funded infrastructure projects. The continued effects of COVID-19, higher construction material costs, labor shortages, surging inflation, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, high energy and commodity prices, and supply chain bottlenecks all affect contractors' interest in ADB-funded projects.

Batzul Tsedenbal

Mr. Batzul Tsedenbal is the Director, State Procurement Agency, Mongolia, and Batzul has been working in the public procurement sector since 2008. He was leading the working group for revising the Public Procurement Law of Mongolia in 2023 and the Parliament of Mongolia approved the Public Procurement Law Revision in June 2023.