We love building walls because they give us an illusion of security. We even keep building strong walls so that, we can separate ourselves from those different from us because we feel safe behind the walls.

A phenomenal story was widely shared on social media some time back about Mohammad Momin Uddin, a CNG auto-rickshaw driver and a father of two children, who wrote and published an English learning book in Bangla for students of Grade I to X. Mr Momin hopes to get children of the underserved sectors involved in the process of reading, promote childhood literacy, and encourage children to give back to their community. On February 21, 2018,

An ambassador will be recruited from every school, college, university and institute; who will be representing Youth Opportunities in their respective institution. This is an opportunity to be a part of an international platform. Applications are being accepted now.

It's Humanity Foundation (IHF) organised its second Annual Charity Gala Night at the Lakeshore Hotel and Apartments on March 17, 2018. The fundraising event was held with a view to bring together all the

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On March 22, many organisations and leaders of Bangladesh widely celebrated Water Day. Ataul Karim, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and owner of ABM Water Company, has conceptualised a way to face the challenge of the severe drinking water crisis in Bangladesh. He says, “At my locality in Sylhet, the drinking water has a high concentration of iron. At first, I didn't have the know-how, but, I started to explore the field of water resources. So, I studied

The conference will present new knowledge, promote world-class solutions, and engage a broad spectrum of voices. It will focus on several issues from health, nutrition, education, economic and political empowerment to human rights, good governance, and girls' and women's agency and equality.

On March 8, 2018, the British Council arranged daylong events to celebrate International Women's Day 2018, at their premises.

Let me introduce myself. I am Aqua, I am made out of oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, so you can probably guess what I am. I live in the ocean with my many, many siblings. Most of them have been separated from me. Water particles aren't very close together as we are always busy moving around and working. Although sometimes you occasionally bump into another molecule you know, the problem is, once you've bumped into them, you have to

Month-long programme designed for secondary school students in grades 6 to 10

Energy can never be dissolved. It is transformed from one form to another and human beings have the capability of attracting energy from outside source. Whether we attract positive energy or the negative, it completely depends on us. This is what Sonia Bashir Kabir taught the participants of the third session of Coffee with Mentor.

Candidates interested in working for an international award-winning platform, where they can develop their skills as well as empower others, can apply for the Youth Opportunities Summer Internship 2018 programme. The interns will be working in the Operations and Social Media Department for six months.

The Grand Finale of IPDC Finance SUST IV 2.0 was held on February 3, 2018. The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) School of Debate organised this weekend long debate festival. Two separate tournaments were arranged in Bengali and English during the programme.

The sixth session of Youth Parliament was successfully conducted at the Chittagong Boat Club on February 23, 2018, under the initiative of Dhrubotara Youth Development Foundation (DYDF). The session was inaugurated by Advocate Sultana Kamal, Advisor to the Former Caretaker Government, with the support of Confidence Cement and WELL Food Limited.

Time and again theatre has proved itself to be a powerful platform to explore the stories of human life. On March 9, 2018, the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpokala Academy was transformed into a space that depicted the stories of the refugees, forceful migration, murders, ethnic conflicts, as well as stories of corruption in our society and worldwide. The young graduate students of Theatre and Performance Studies Department, Dhaka

JCI Dhaka West in partnership with Kiron is hosting an art competition titled “Battle of the Brush 3.0” on March 17, 2018.

Quizzers Society of Bangladesh University of Professionals (QSBUP) is going to organise its very first “Jims Tech-BUP 1st National Quiz Festival 2018” from March 14 to 16, 2018, at the university premises located in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka.

Fifth Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme

Women of this country often hesitate and feel unsafe on the thought of using a motorbike ride-sharing service because the rider was a male. Some of us might have thought, “What if there were female riders?” For them, there is good news.

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