Applications are now open for the Arabic Summer School 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

Yunus Centre is currently accepting applications for candidates to participate in the One Young World 2019 Summit in London.

Australian National University’s Asia Pacific Week is an interdisciplinary conference for students and young professionals across the world who are interested in Asia and the Pacific.

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre (BYLC) celebrated International Women’s Day this March, at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh with the slogan, “Balance for Better: Shomriddhir Pothe Akshathe.”

Recently, EMK Centre hosted the JudhdhorDine’rGolpo featuring a panel of prominent female freedom-fighters, Reshma Amin, Khuku Ahmed and Sayeda Kamal.

UN Women, in affiliation with Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, hosted the Celebration of Women Innovators on April 1, 2019, at the IBA auditorium.

To establish peace through youths, the Youth Club of Bangladesh (YCB), in collaboration with Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF),

International Education Counselling Center (IECC), a leading student consultancy and foreign education related service provider in

This year, OYW has launched the flagship ‘Leading Scholarships’ which, for the first time ever, are open to every country in the world. If you are a young leader from one of these 6 regions, apply now.

22-year old Venessa Kaiser has been scribbling her world on paper, since she was three. Her artistic style is unique, blending surrealism

With Academia School, Southbreeze School and International School CODA all sharing the same location in Lalmatia, travelling on that road is nothing short of a nightmare for many. Peak hours during the day witness private cars parked haphazardly in the by-lanes causing heavy traffic for the students who live nearby.

If jumping to conclusions was an Olympic sport, our country would have won a few gold medals in it by now. As the entire country mourned the loss of 25 souls (official death toll as of writing this article) from the tragic fire at Banani’s FR tower yesterday, some took the opportunity to harshly criticise the overly-enthusiastic onlookers, who supposedly hindered the authorities and fire-fighting services.

Tasnuva Adiba is the founder of publishing house Addhayan Prokashoni that aims to promote books written by young writers. Being a young publisher herself, Tasnuva aspires to publish books of various subjects to empower and motivate the young minds of the society.

Barbara Wickham, OBE, has been the country director for the British Council, in Bangladesh, since January 2015. She started her professional career in 1978 teaching English as a foreign language in Cairo.

The stigma attached to Bangladeshi writers putting forth their thoughts in English is not new. It is often frowned upon by puritans of Bengali literature, acting as ‘gatekeepers’ raising questions on the motives of the writers themselves.

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First National Biotechnology Summer School organised by National Institute of biotechnology (NIB) and Young Biotechnologists of Bangladesh, was recently held at Chattogram. Twenty-seven universities and twenty-five organisations participated in the event. Bangladeshi scientist and professor, Haseena Khan inaugurated the event. Vice Chancellor of University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC), Professor Nurul Absar, attended the event as the chief guest, whereas chairperson of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Zeba Islam Seraj, attended as a special guest.

Gregorian English Language Club organised their second National English Carnival-with title sponsor BBS Cables recently. The carnival witnessed the participation of enthusiastic students from more than 40 institutions including the prestigious Cadet Colleges across the city. With 17 mega events and a record of around 4000 participants, this carnival was successful in bringing many English language enthusiasts under one roof. This year’s slogan ‘The Art of Communication is the Language of Leadership’ inspired students to embrace the English language as a way of reaching out across the globe.

“Think equal, build smart, innovate for change” is the slogan for International Women’s Day 2019. The cornerstone of this year’s theme predominantly focuses on innovation that would concern the advancement of gender equality, fundamentally leading to women empowerment. The modules that have been signifised particularly include social protection system, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure.

The National Finale of Famelab 2019, hosted by British Council, took place on March 23 in The Westin Dhaka. Famelab, the world’s leading science communication competition, requires each contestant to present a STEM topic of their choice with content, clarity and charisma in three minutes, using props.