For the fifth year in a row, Forbes is looking for outstanding young leaders who are transforming their industries around the region.

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Youth for SDG 6 hosted their first youth orientation workshop in Rangpur, recently. The event brought together a talented and diverse group of around 80 young people from educational institutes across the district for a comprehensive orientation on ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ (WASH), campaigns, leadership and networking.

With the theme, ‘Young People Leading Transformation’, ActionAid Bangladesh arranged the National Youth Conference 2019 at Bangla Academy, recently. This year, 500 participants from 30 districts came together for a daylong interactive discussion session.

On October 25 and 26 2019, over 122 cities started a solutions hackathon, aimed to tackle local climate challenges.

Nasreen Sultana, the founder of Project Tiktaalik, is a cartoonist and an educationalist. She began her journey in the arts as an illustrator for the renowned magazine, Unmad, while she was a student at University of Dhaka (DU).

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Bidyanondo Foundation is a non-government organisation working to provide better services to the underprivileged. Their recent endeavour, 5 Takay Sanitary Pad, aims to spread awareness on menstrual hygiene.

To celebrate World Habitat Day 2019 (October 7), a discussion titled, Cities for the Future, was held at the EMK Centre, recently. The purpose of this talk was to raise awareness on the importance of living in an environment-friendly city among the youth.

Kotha, a primary intervention program aiming to address the culture of violence in Bangladesh, hosted an event titled, Jomano Kotha, at EMK Centre, recently.

Centre for Energy Research (CER) was established in September 2010 at United International University (UIU). It aims to develop research on the policy formulation, utilisation and efficient management of renewable and sustainable energy.

Najmun Nahar Sohagi is the first Bangladeshi woman to travel to 135 countries across the globe, carrying the national flag of her country.

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Unilever Bangladesh Ltd has launched the 10th installment of their flagship student competition, BizMaestros. The competition allows university students to experience real challenges in business, even before they have entered the workforce.

Farzana Mubassira, Tasnim Ahmed Tahasin, Mehedi Hasan Bappy and Mostafizur Rahman are undergraduate students from Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST).

Tiny ponds with pink, yellow, blue, red and purple lilies are a common sight for visitors of Rakibul Hasan’s water garden. An accountant by profession, Rakibul has been pursuing his passion of water gardening since 2014.

Team Altas was formed as one of the first rover teams operated by school students in 2016. Soon after, they were announced as the champions of the Project Showcasing Segment of Technival, an annual competition organised by Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET). They have recently participated in World Robotics Championship 2019’s Robo Race, which was held from September 23 to 25, in India.

Born into a conservative family in Rangamati, Monika Chakma has made her mark in the field of football internationally.