Ashley Shoptorshi Samaddar

To establish peace through youths, the Youth Club of Bangladesh (YCB), in collaboration with Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF),

Prabhudan Halder Dino's Love, Education and Food (LEF) for Life is a school that has been providing underprivileged children with education, food and vocational training since 2001. Over 300 children are schooled under the organisation. Besides literacy, LEF for Life teaches these children different life and leadership skills.

English Club of the Laboratorians, Government Laboratory High School Dhaka, hosted their 3rd Laboratorians’ National English Carnival 2019 from March 8-10, at their Dhanmondi campus with the motto ‘Join the Revolution’.

Notre Dame University Bangladesh Business Club (NDUBBC), in association with Dhaka University Career Club, organised a peek-in programme titled ‘Essence from Experts’ as part of ‘DUCC presents Young Professional Summit recently, at the NDUB campus.

Various kinds of puppet acts including thread puppet, rod puppet, gloves puppet, shadow puppet, and more, were arranged for the youngsters along with photo sessions, games, and food corners.

The Embassy of Sweden in Bangladesh, in collaboration with the UN Women Bangladesh, hosted a photography exhibition titled, Swedish Dads and Bangladeshi Babas recently at Zainul Art Gallery, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.

The 12th International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh, organised by Children's Film Society (CFS) Banghladesh, concluded recently at the Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium of the Central Public Library.

Born in Khulna, acid attack survivor Nomita Halder, is a teacher and scholar who has dedicated her life to educating visually impaired children for the last two decades.

AMAL Foundation has been working with underprivileged communities to empower and educate them, as well as provide healthcare

Recently, a motivational and awareness campaign on animal rights was arranged at the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka. Afzal Khan conducted the session as the keynote speaker.

Sporsho, a publication house, has been publishing Braille editions of books for the visually impaired since the last 11 years. This year, they have come up with 8 more Braille books from prominent writers such as Ramendu Majumdar, Emdadul Haque Milon and Nilima Ibrahim.

Born in Munshiganj, Dr Muhammed Jamir Hossain has dedicated his life and career to the field of Bengali Literature. Having completed his M Phil and PhD from the University of Dhaka, he has authored many storybooks for children and gifted young readers with numerous translated folklores, poems, and fictions for the last two decades.

Marma, Chakma, Monipuri, Tripura, and many more languages have resided in Bangladesh for centuries. The Ekushey Boi Mela is an occasion that binds all these languages together and celebrates the power of mother tongue.

Counter Foto – A Center for Visual Arts has organised a set of programmes to celebrate its 6th anniversary from February 10, 2019.

Afzal Khan, an actor by profession, who is widely known as Robin Hood – The Animal Rescuer, has been taking care of stray and differently abled dogs and cats and providing them shelter at his own house since 2010. 53 cats and dogs which are all victims of physical or mental trauma stay with him in Khilgaon.

Based in Barishal, Lal Shobuj Society started in 2010 with their monthly magazine Mashik Lal Shobuj. Later in 2015, the existing members decided to take a leap and work on the issues children face at school and home.

The fourteenth Conference of Youth (COY14) started on November 28, 2018, and concluded on December 1, 2018. The venue was Katowice, Poland with the participation of over 1000 participants and 500 programme contributions.

Four talented and young individuals came up with the concept of a one-stop online medical service, with the intension of providing people with a user-friendly and digital method for their medical needs.

In Bangladesh, the stigma surrounding violence against women means that many women do not get the justice they deserve. Bearing that in mind, the Barishal Youth Society (BYS) has been working to stop child marriages and help female victims of domestic violence, with 10,000 members and 800 active volunteers in different ways since 2014.

To celebrate our victory day, a festival titled, Bijoy Utshab 2018, was organised at the Liberation War Museum in Dhaka from December 10 to 16. The event aimed to bridge the gap between humanity and the history of liberation, and thus, conveyed the motto “Fom Human Rights Day to Victory Day.”