Every year, the third Friday of June marks Stop Cyberbullying Day. Coordinated by The Cybersmile Foundation, this day is observed by generating awareness about cyber security. Since the past few years, Bangladesh has witnessed an alarming rise in the number of cybercrimes. In order to reduce the incidence of these crimes, Sadat Rahman founded Cyber Teens, an app that provides a safe space for teenagers to ask for help against cyberbullying. For his work, Sadat won the International Children's Peace Prize 2020.

Promoting healthy and safer cities, the Urban Programmes of World Vision Bangladesh (WVB) and BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) of BRAC University, jointly organised “Urban Health Innovation Challenge 2021: Healthy, Safe and Inclusive Cities” from February to March 2021, where youths from universities, urban slums and gender-diverse communities competed side by side.

Encouraging creativity amongst school children who are staying at home for more than a year now, The Daily Star and Dabur Red Toothpaste jointly organised the second season of “Ghorer Eide Ronger Chhite”, an online art competition for children, recently.

Mohammed Ruman Shana made history by reaching the finals of Archery World Cup 2021, along with fellow archer, Diya Siddique. The duo secured a silver medal in the recurve mixed event.

“The Daily Star Campus Stars” is a show that highlights promising individuals who have excelled in their academics and extracurricular activities, alongside securing success in their professional paths. The third episode of the show took place on June 8, 2021, featuring panelists from Daffodil International University (DIU).

After completing his graduation in Computer Science and Engineering from BRAC University, Rahatul Amin Anonto pursued his master’s at the University of Manitoba, Canada at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCI-Lab). He is currently working with the Human-Robotics Interaction group at the HCI-lab.

Blogging has emerged to be a popular pandemic hobby for many. To reach out to a specific audience, it is important to ensure that your blog is cross-promoted online. This allows you to create your own niche and engage with a greater number of people. Here are a few ways through which beginners can promote their blogs on social media.

A virtual exhibition of the entries from “Dhaka OIC Youth Capital 2020-21 Bangabandhu Youth Art Competition” will be organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The month-long exhibition will begin from June 17.

A virtual exhibition of the entries from “Dhaka OIC Youth Capital 2020-21 Bangabandhu Youth Art Competition” will be organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The month-long exhibition will begin from June 17.

Forbes 30 under 30 honouree Shomy Hasan Chowdhury will be the first Bangladeshi citizen to sit in the judging panel for the 2021 Diana Legacy Award. The committee, presided by Lord Spencer, brother of Princess Diana, includes Alex Cruz, Former Chairman and CEO of British Airways, Sean Doyle, Chief Executive and Chairman of British Airways, and Joe Garner, Chief Executive of Nationwide Building Society.

Azmir Hasan Kanak launched a video-sharing website called TingtongTube, with an objective to entertain children and develop their cognitive creativity. Offering a variety of visual content in Bangla, this platform allows kids to view cultural, artistic, social, educational, historic, and humourous videos.

Mohammad Saiful Islam, Sanchita Barman Mim, and Rafi Nur Hamid cycled across various districts of Bangladesh to educate people about environmental responsibility. Through this initiative, the three friends learned about different cultures, and raised awareness about plastic pollution.

Sobia Ameen, an architect turned baker, has many feathers in her cap. She is a content creator, model and social activist. She was recently featured as a model for the popular Indian fashion designer Masaba Gupta’s newest co-ord set. Pictures from this campaign were trending for several days and created quite a stir in the subcontinent’s fashion industry.

With educational institutions in Bangladesh shifting their activities to virtual platforms in the wake of Covid-19, we caught up with some first-year undergraduates to find out about their experiences with distance learning, and their expectations once campuses reopen.

As the household’s only bread earner, Abdur Razzak, a rickshaw puller by profession, could not bear the educational costs of his kids, besides looking after a five-member family. His sons, Jewel, 24, and Alamgir, 22, worked in brick kilns and crop fields as day labourers to continue their studies. They are from Ratan Borish village in Tangail.

“The Daily Star Campus Stars” is a show that highlights promising individuals who have excelled in their academics and extracurricular activities, alongside securing success in their professional paths.

Military Institute of Science & Technology (MIST)’s rover team, Mongol Barota, ranked first in the University Rover Challenge (URC) 2021.

Usraat Fahmidah from Rajuk Uttara Model College and Tanvir Rahman Khan from Dhaka College made it to the 40th International Philosophy Olympiad, held in Slovenia from May 27 to 30. Usraat earned the first ever honourable mention for Bangladesh at the event, which was organised online.

Emerging artist Imtiaj Rasel won the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2021, under the public vote category for his artwork, “Journey by Bus”. He was the only Bangladeshi to get nominated for the competition among 30 finalists who were chosen from 19 countries of Asia-Pacific.

It was in May 2020 that Naorin Pallaby, a Physical Education and Sports Science student from Rajshahi University, founded Sex Education Bangladesh. The platform started out as a content hub, where young contributors presented educational videos on sex education for the masses.