A triumphant effort towards social welfare

S M Sammam Sakti Ibn Sahadat from Bangladesh won the 4th Annual ISIE INDIA Excellence Award 2021, earning the title of ‘Visionary Leader’ from the judges of the ISIE INDIA Excellence Award committee.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Thriving with sustainable architecture

Jannatun Nayeem Nowshin, a young architect and researcher from Bangladesh, won the gold medal in the architecture category of the Asia Young Designer Award 2019.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Leading the youth towards positive changes

Md Tajdin Hassan started exploring marketing trends soon after he graduated from BRAC University. He won the YWN Marketing Excellence Award 2020 from the Asia Marketing Federation under the category, ‘Top Outstanding Youth Marketer of the Year’.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Embracing life as it is

After the birth of Jagannath Sheel, his parents Gopinath Sheel and Anna Rani shocked as the boy had no hands.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Breaking the stigma around mental health issues

Maria Mumu, the founder of Moshal Mental Health, a youth-led organisation based in Bangladesh, is the first mental health advocate to receive the Diana Award.
19 July 2021, 11:40 AM

Striving against gender discrimination

Anika Subah Ahmad Upoma is one of the nineteen changemakers from Bangladesh who received this year’s Diana Award. She founded Evolution360, an organisation that promotes the Sustainable Development Goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment, in 2016.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM

21 eminent personalities get Ekushey Padak

Twenty-one eminent personalities will get the country’s second highest civilian award, the Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields.
4 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Indomitable: Faridpur man bounces back even after losing both arms

Even after losing both his arms in an accident, Kamrul Sheikh, 34, used the sheer power of will and determination to bounce back and change his own fate.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM

A beacon of hope from Pekua

The strength of youth has a universal presence of energy that can dispel any atrocity if channelled properly. Its omnipresence can be felt anywhere and Tanema Afroja from Pekua, Cox's Bazar proved this to be so.
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM

POKA: Promoting organic vegetable production ecosystem

“Poka” is a Bangla word for insects. It is also the name of a social enterprise initiative taken by three young entrepreneurs. The lead entrepreneur, Md Mehedi Hasan, explained the reason behind choosing the name.
18 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Project Trishna - Youth group providing clean drinking water

Project Trishna is a volunteer-driven social venture created by Footsteps Foundation, a youth-based social enterprise. Its aim is simple: to provide free access to clean drinking water for the general public, especially the low income groups.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Keeping My Language Alive

My three-year-old niece giggles when I tell her the story of the dragon, Ree Fu Zang, who rose from a lake to save the world.
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Art Blogs to Follow on Instagram

You might have a preconceived notion that Instagram is a social network consisting solely of selfies and badly cropped pictures of food...
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM

TAREQUE MASUD - The Cinema Feriwala through My Telescope

To me, he was a man who loved my country like I did, who had the same concerns as any levelheaded and educated citizen...
13 April 2016, 18:00 PM

GP Accelerator set to empower Young Entrepreneurs

Thousands of years before the fancy term surfaced, startups have been agents of social and economic progress.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM

6 Reasons Why You Should Volunteer More Often

The one thing that every event has in common is the volunteers. Without volunteers, organizing a successful event is next to impossible.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Ctg mobile court fines errant bakery

A mobile court yesterday fined a bakery Tk1 lakh in Panchlaish area of port city on different charges.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

THE AUTHOR WHO INSPIRED ME TO WRITE

These words spoken by the writer about the fame of her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, ring in my ears as numerous sites flooded with the news of her recent demise: Author Harper Lee, aged 89, dies in sleep. The wound is fresh and raw enough to incite Hannibal Lecter.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Starting Your Own Online Clothing Business

Among the many things Facebook has made easy is business.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Stephen Hawking: The Remarkable Mind

This is the umpteenth time I have erased every word and started to rewrite this article.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM