UNESCO Dhaka organised a five-day workshop on "Value-based Management of Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh" at BRAC INN from 24-28 May 2009. Richard Englehardt, an internationally acclaimed scholar on heritage management and former UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in the Asia Pacific Region conducted the workshop that was attended by participants from the Jahangirnagar University and the Department of Archaeology. The workshop was the first in what UNESCO hopes to be a series of training activities aimed at building the capacity of the manager and other officials who are responsible for the protection and management of cultural heritage sites of the country.

The New Age, an English daily of Bangladesh, published an interview with Richard Englehardt on 5th June 2009.