Striving for a more inclusive world
Shamsin Ahmed is the founder of Identity Inclusion, an organisation working to eliminate the stigma around mental health stigma and promote community-based support and social inclusion of people with psychosocial disabilities in Bangladesh since 2015.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Encouraging students to participate in co-curricular activities
Universities from all across the country are now focusing on extracurricular activities alongside academics, and clubs have been arranging various programmes to enhance the skill sets of students.
12 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Mahfuz Anam on the importance of extracurricular activities
Mahfuz Anam, Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star, was actively involved in extracurricular activities, particularly debating, during his youth.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
How Extra-curricular activities can bring out better leaders?
Sonia Bashir Kabir, Founder, SBK Tech Ventures, actively participated in sports, public speaking and debates from a young age.
6 November 2020, 12:51 PM
Adbox: Inspiring creative minds
Adbox was started back in 2018, by a couple of students from North South University.
21 October 2020, 18:00 PM
A ray of hope for the less fortunate
Sombhabona’s Pushpokoli School is a free, open institute for underprivileged children. Their lessons revolve around patriotism, discipline and health awareness, among other things.
3 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Pursuing goals on the field
Reasat Islam Khaton, 31, was born in Dhaka and later moved to Germany, where he began his football career. He played in the Welsh Premier League for Llanelli Town AFC, making him the first Bangladeshi to ever play in the top division for a European country.
27 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Shomonnoi Bangladesh: Uniting people to combat COVID-19 and Amphan
After reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many youth-led relief initiatives have taken over the past quarter of this year.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Grand finale of ‘Idea Innovation Contest 2020’ held virtually
With Covid-19 taking over the globe, many annual competitions developed for students have either been put on hold midway for an indefinite period, or cancelled. In the interim, Interactive Cares arranged a virtual grand finale for ‘Idea Innovation Contest 2020’, an entrepreneurship-based business idea event. This year, they came up with business ideas which will be profitable and sustainable during isolation and stabilise the socio-economic state of the country.
8 June 2020, 06:34 AM
Dhaka Youth Club and Mohajon Foundation’s Manobik Store for underprivileged families
Dhaka Youth Club and Mohajon Foundation established the Manobik Store in Bongshal to help underprivileged families during the global coronavirus crisis. With the slogan, bhalo thakun, bhao rakhun, the initiative was funded from their own accounts and maintained by the members of the club and the foundation.
11 April 2020, 05:21 AM
Auxilio: Interacting with a computer differently
Auxilio (meaning “to assist” in Latin) is a head mounted wireless device, created by a group of youngsters, as an alternative means for controlling a computer mouse. With this device, users can move the cursor by rotating their head in different directions, and implement clicks by their eye blinks.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
International Women’s Day Walk: #FreedomFromFear
A vigil-walk was seen in the north of the capital around the eve of International Women’s Day 2020. The event page of the walk, hosted by Deeory, has been circulating over Facebook for the past week.
9 March 2020, 18:00 PM
‘DSDE Youth Exchange’ at BRAC Centre
Desperately Seeking Development Experts, formally known as DSDE, has been serving as the largest network of development practitioners in Bangladesh.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM
‘DSDE Youth Exchange’ at BRAC Centre
Desperately Seeking Development Experts, formally known as DSDE, has been serving as the largest network of development practitioners in Bangladesh.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Strolling around in OLD DHAKA
The team of Star Youth, The Daily Star, recently went on a tour to Old Dhaka, as a part of our monthly initiative, ‘Star Youth Meets’. Here, some of us recount our experiences.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Improving the living standards of the Christian community
The largest credit union in South Asia, The Christian Cooperative Credit Union Ltd, Dhaka, was founded in 1955 by Rev Fr Charles J Young CSC in Lokhhibazar. The union aims to provide the Christian community with affordable services, helping them to achieve financial viability, operational efficiency, competitive advantage, and good co-operative governance. The Daily Star has formed a partnership with the organisation, under which 100 copies of the newspaper are provided to them every day, for free.
1 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Maliha Tanjum Chowdhury on winning the Wellcome Sanger Institute Prize
Maliha Tanjum Chowdhury, a third-year Biochemistry student from IUB, is the first Bangladeshi ever to win the Wellcome Sanger Institute Prize.
31 May 2019, 18:00 PM
From the balcony to the beauty biz
Sabikun Nahar had an interest in hairdressing from a young age. She completed her training in unisex hairstyling from Sydney School of Hairdressing- Toni&Guy Education in Australia.
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM
ISD students stage ‘Into The Wardrobe’
Students of International School, Dhaka, with support from their teachers and administration, staged ‘Into the Wardrobe’, a reprise of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, recently at the school.
1 May 2019, 18:00 PM
The four wheeled school
Bhrammoman School, as the name suggests in Bangla, is a mini mobile school, built inside a bus that accommodates underprivileged children, making education accessible to them.
17 January 2019, 18:00 PM