Dhaka, Dec. 9 -- Speakers at an event in the capital on Monday emphasised the need for democratising political and economic processes, as well as ensuring good governance for sustainable development.

Also, they said unless a sound democracy was there and the elected representatives were made accountable, development would not sustain.

They were speaking at the closing session of the Annual BIDS Conference on Democracy and Development held at the conference hall of the Parjatan Bhaban.

Eminent economist Professor Rehman Sobhan said, "Unless we can democratise our political process, and also the economic process, we are not really going to be exposed to any very significant changes in the system."

He said for the last so many years, and...