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Maisha Islam Monamee

The author graduated from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka and is a contributor at The Daily Star. Find her @monameereads on Instagram.

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The proposed national budget for the 2026-27 financial year appears to challenge that approach. It does more than offer a handful of incentives: it recognises that startups create value differently and therefore require a distinct policy framework.
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Long before streaming platforms and social media made cultural trends easier to identify, the World Cup was already showcasing where popular music was heading.
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This website lets you compare salaries in Bangladesh

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In Bangladesh’s job market, salary information rarely circulates in the open. Candidates are often expected to negotiate, justify expectations and make career decisions with limited visibility into what roles actually pay.
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Team OLEEK: The national champion of Student to Startup

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World Festival of Poetry celebrated at EMK Center

June 21 witnessed the celebration of World Festival of Poetry in 160 countries around the world. The theme for this year’s festival, ‘No War – Hug Peace’, is an attempt to speak against war and support communal harmony.
24 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Rafat Nur’s projects to help the underprivileged community

Rafat Nur, a graduate of National University of Bangladesh, runs Chobi’r Haat, an organisation comprised of close to 28 young artists who sell their artworks and use the money to provide food and healthcare services to slum dwellers.
12 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Potter Bibi: Promoting Bangladeshi culture and fashion

Potter Bibi is an online shopping site serving products that are made in Bangladesh. The name, Potter Bibi, refers to the Bangla idiom,
31 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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KOTHA: Addressing sexual violence at its core

Twenty-three year-old Umama Zillur, a graduate from Mount Holyoke College, founded KOTHA, a primary intervention programme that addresses the attitudes, behaviours, and conditions that support, condone and lead to sexual violence, in 2016. Developed under the Clinton Global Initiative
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Jaifrin Ahmed’s journey to BAKED

Jaifrin Ahmed, a business graduate from North South University, won the Alokito Nari Shommanona this year for her entrepreneurial
22 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Zaheed Sabur’s success at Google

Zaheed Sabur is the first Bangladeshi principal engineer at one of the world’s leading technology companies, Google.
15 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Harvard University recently organised the 65thedition of Harvard National Model United Nations, one of the oldest and most prestigious conferences of Model United Nations globally.
11 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Worldwide Organization for Charity (WOC), established by Mohammad Aman Ullah, celebrated World Orphans Day on April 20, 2019, across 130 countries including Bangladesh, Germany, Ghana, Slovenia and others.
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AI-powered digital Dhaka: A step towards safer roads

Gaze Technology, owned by a team of young Bangladeshi students has devised a project to manage the traffic of Dhaka and make the roads safer.
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Proborton celebrates World Orphans Day

In a recent collaboration with Worldwide Organization for Charity (WOC), Proborton, an organ-isation aimed at helping and educating underprivileged children, celebrated World Orphans Day at its Mirpur campus with more than 30 students.
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Resurgence wins Social Impact Prize at GSEA International Finals

Naziba Naila Wafa, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Resurgence is the first Bangladeshi to win an award under the category of ‘Social Impact’ at the ‘Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 in Macau.
23 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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National Leadership Conference 2019 held at Krishibid Institute

English Olympiad and Team Worldwide Organization for Charity (WOC) recently conducted their National Leadership Conference at Krishibid Institute.
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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Ashfaq Zaman’s journey to LEAD

Young entrepreneur Ashfaq Zaman is the founder of Leadership Excellence and Development (LEAD), an organisation that specialises
18 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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Bangladeshi teen breaks Guinness World Record twice

Mahmudul Hasan Faisal, 17, a freestyler, has registered his name in Guinness Book of World Records twice. In August 2018, he created his first record by arm-rolling a football 134 times in a minute.
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The pictures of some models smiling with happiness created quite a buzz on the internet. Their smiles reflect love and kindness but what they do not portray is the actual lives of these models.
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Female freedom fighters open up about the Liberation War

Recently, EMK Centre hosted the JudhdhorDine’rGolpo featuring a panel of prominent female freedom-fighters, Reshma Amin, Khuku Ahmed and Sayeda Kamal.
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Youth Festival Season 3, one of the most anticipated events of the year was organised on the campus of St Joseph Higher Secondary School from March 7 - 9.
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