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Pop Culture / Why do modern films look artificial?
29 September 2026
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Reflections / Is nonchalance the death of emotional intelligence?
29 September 2026
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Star Youth
Reflections / The allure of live theatre in the age of screens
27 September 2026
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Star Youth
Star Youth / Unlikeable and unforgivable: Let’s give our women some grace
9 September 2026
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Pop Culture
Reader Submission / The positive impact of pets on children's development
22 August 2026
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Pop Culture / Making smartphones cinematic: The Park Chan-wook Way
30 June 2026
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Father's Day / The love language of my father
21 June 2026
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Star Youth / How social media and technology have changed how we mourn losses
15 June 2026
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Star Youth / The return of Y2K culture: what does this mean for us now?
6 June 2026
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Ali Hasib’s aspirations through the lens
Born to parents who are already established in their respective fields in media, it is no surprise that Ali Hasib nurtured similar dreams. His mother, Shamima Shammi is a director as well as a writer for television, while his father, Mohammad Ali Bashir is a television
25 July 2019
Sonu Rani Das: First graduate amongst Dalit community
We are apprised of the sufferings and hardships of women in our society. While there is an add-on to those who belong to the minority, for them the roads to success are always bedded with thorns. Sonu Rani Das belongs to one such group. She, beyond all the
25 July 2019
“People call me Lamborghini Akash”
23-year-old Narayanganj local Akash Ahmed recently constructed a car that resembles a Lamborghini. Akash is an autorikshaw mechanic and settled in Narayanganj. “I got all my training from my father and both maternal and paternal grandfathers, who were also mechanics”, says Akash.
23 July 2019
Project Alokito Shishu’s new school in Munshiganj is a beacon of hope
After three years of classes in the scorching heat and uncompromising rain, the students of the open school of Alokito Shishu, A Last Mile Life Initiative, got their formal school at the all-new Munshiganj campus. With the support and fund from IDLC, Alokito Shishu built the school.
22 July 2019
Project Trishna- ensuring safe water, one step at a time
What began as five friends sitting in a cafeteria at school, talking about wanting to do something to help their community, has become a powerful force for social change. They started out by distributing warm clothing to people in need, during a particularly harsh winter, with the help of volunteers from the community. Today, almost 6 years after their first campaign in 2013, Footsteps has taken up Project Trishna, and the monumental task of ensuring safe, drinkable water for everyone.
19 July 2019
Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide in School Leadership
Four urban educators — Al Mansoor Helal, Mahmudul Hassan Tareq, Shahinur Selim, and Hasibur Rahman Sohan, all graduates of leading universities — began their journey as Residents in a one-year programme called the School Leadership Residency, in Panchagarh, run by Teach For Bangladesh, in 2018.
18 July 2019
Cartoon People Comics
Cartoon People Comics
18 July 2019
Bangladesh Youth Skills Summit 2019
Bangladesh Youth Skills Summit took place last month, at the permanent campus of United International University (UIU), at Madani Avenue, Badda. It was an insightful day for all those who participated from different esteemed professionals across the country.
18 July 2019
Nerdiz.com – Bangladesh’s first Virtual Reality Educational Platform
Pradeepta Kumar Saha conceived the idea of a virtual reality based education program in 2016 to assist the education sector. “I realized that I was a visual learner, when I performed surprisingly well in a test conducted after a University trip to Lalbagh, where I had experienced the location and could relate better to the guide’s narration” he shared. Thus, in an attempt to help students like him, he started working on VR education.
13 July 2019
Youth Opportunities
World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2019 – Empowering the Commitment to World Heritage. The WHV 2019 campaign provides
11 July 2019
ESC and EMK Center organise People’s Debate: Episode One
Economics Study Center (ESC), University of Dhaka, in collaboration with EMK Center organised the first episode of People’s Debate recently. This platform is dedicated towards the practice of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. The debate focused on one of the most burning concerns our society faces today – youth unemployment. The topic for the debate was ‘The Unemployment Epidemic of University Graduates’.
11 July 2019
Dancing beyond the clouds
Promising young dancer, Md Hanif, was recently chosen to partake in the prestigious Summer Intensive programme organised by the globally renowned Akram Khan Company, scheduled to take place from August 5-10, 2019 at the Orsolina 28 premises in Turin, Italy.
11 July 2019
Cartoon People Comics
Cartoon People Comics
4 July 2019
Youth Opportunities
Bangladesh 4th National Youth Conference on Family Planning 2019
4 July 2019
Mir Rasel: The Young Digital Marketing Expert
In 2013, Mir Rasel established the website rajshahiexpress.com, the first internet media of the division where he had compiled all information related to Rajshahi in one portal. “With increasing access to the internet, people can visit our online newspaper for all headlines revolving around Rajshahi,” expresses Rasel.
4 July 2019
Warrior Women Bangladesh: taking a leap forward
How often do you read or hear about incidents of sexual harassment in our country? The number of cases is on the rise, and it is terrifying. In the hopes to combat these occurences, Mashroof Hossain, a Bangladeshi police officer and Abdullah Mohammad Hossain, a martial arts veteran with three decades of experience, together started the project Warrior Women Bangladesh in September 2017.
4 July 2019
Youth Opportunities
Young Researchers Fellowship Programme 2019
27 June 2019
Team OLEEK: The national champion of Student to Startup
Student to Startup, held at Sheikh Hasina National Youth Centre, Savar, aims to catapult the young generation of entrepreneurs to the
27 June 2019
Creating more opportunities: face to face with Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair, a British barrister, lecturer and writer, is also the Chancellor of the very first (and probably the only) Liberal Arts school / university in Bangladesh, Asian University for Women (AUW), located in Chattogram.
27 June 2019
Togbog - Creating a positive image for Bangladesh
Launched on May 14, 2017 by a group of seven school friends -- Borshon Rahman, Ishmam Anan, Khaled Hossain, Samin Haque, Shadman Zuhayar Haider, Nayeem Anwar Mullick, Tanzim Uddin and Tawsif Akkas -- Togbog was been determined to spread positivity and love among people. At a time when Bangladesh was viewed as an epicentre of problems, the young hopefuls stepped into the scenario to enlighten people about the rich cultural heritage and glory of Bangladesh. Be it the lesser-known facts, an unexplored destination or the Bangladeshis who make us proud, Togbog ensures it can serve fresh content to thousands of its viewers every single day.
26 June 2019