A quarantined Christmas in New York City
25 December 2020
The closest I got to a white winter Christmas was with movies such as Home Alone, The Princess Switch, The Grinch and The Polar Express. Then, I moved to New York City, USA, in early 2020. Despite the difficult times, the Christmas spirit still awakens as the year wraps up.
25 December 2020
Bangladeshi participants at Global Biosummit 3.0
12 November 2019
The third annual Global Biosummit, organised by Director David Kong, the team of Community Biotechnology Initiative and the MIT Media Lab, took place in October at MIT Media Lab, MA, USA.
12 November 2019
Bonding with cats over coffee
3 October 2019
Six friends and recent graduates, Minhaz Uddin Shibly, Mooed Rasel, Tanimul Haque Khan, Rahat Rahman, Monirul Hoque Rifat and Fahad Bin Saad opened Capawcino Cat Café, the first cat-oriented coffee house in Bangladesh, this year.
3 October 2019
EducationUSA’s South Asia Fall Tour 2019 University Fair held in Dhaka
12 September 2019
The South Asia Fall Tour 2019, hosted by the American embassy’s EducationUSA Student Advising Center, took place on September 7, at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden.
12 September 2019
Garbageman: An architect’s quest for a greener city
5 September 2019
The saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” rings true for Fahim Uddin Shuvo, Founder of Garbageman. During his undergraduate education in Architecture at North South University, Shuvo saw the problematic lack of waste disposal methods.
5 September 2019
Gorur Ghash: Where fashion meets comedy
20 June 2019
Gorur Ghash, an online clothing and apparel store, stands out with their catchy name and fusion of comedy with fashion. Nahiyan Naser, Director of Operations, Ali Sakhi Khan, Director of Finance and Fahim Islam Shetab, Director of Procurement, are the three young men behind this brand. Gorur Ghash gained prominence in 2018, mainly through their in-house videos.
20 June 2019
New hope for Asian Giant Tortoises
19 June 2019
Creative Conservation Alliance (CCA), a government registered nonprofit organisation centered on environmental conservation, and the Bangladesh Forest Department, bred land tortoises in captivity, for the first time in Bangladesh’s history.
19 June 2019
Beating odds, mother and son reunite
11 May 2019
On February 13, 2018, Mohammad Siam, aged 9, stormed out of his home after his mother scolded him for not studying. He went to a nearby park and was greeted by an insidious man.
11 May 2019
Eminence 2019: Annual Toastmasters Division J Conference
The Toastmasters Division J conference ‘Eminence 2019’ took place for the first time in Dhaka, at The Olives in Gulshan recently.
29 April 2019
National Finale of Famelab 2019 held
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.
25 March 2019
Bangladeshi students in ISFiT 2019
International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT), 2019 took place recently in Trondheim, Norway. Eight Bangladeshis, from 500 students representing 145 countries, participated in the event, where migration was the key theme.
11 March 2019
Marina Farook talks women’s health
Marina Farook is a nutritionist and health coach who helps women reconnect with their physical, mental and spiritual strength, using nutrition and strength training. She shares her research-backed insight about female health and fertility for young women in Dhaka.
8 February 2019
SHAMOL: a promise for a greener Dhaka city
There is promise in ameliorating climate change when everyone contributes a little; this is what team SHAMOL believes in. SachinaPaudel, Shagoofa Rakshanda, Sayed Hasan Imtiaz and Salman Khan Promon, students of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health and Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University,came together to represent Asia in “The Geneva Challenge 2018”, held in Switzerland recently.
16 December 2018
Why wait for others when we can do it ourselves?
While some of us sit and wait for the world to change, others step up and create change themselves. A Managing Director of a commercial bank, who wishes to remain anonymous, and his three daughters are prime examples of how individuals can improve our society.
15 November 2018
New Horizon for Toastmasters in Bangladesh
Toastmasters International is a non-profit organisation that teaches leadership and public speaking skills throughout the globe. Currently, Bangladesh has five Toastmasters clubs.
5 October 2017
Take control of Social Media
The internet is like the ocean: deep and fascinating, but also overwhelming. Like the ocean, the internet has many hidden treasures
24 August 2017