Towards an inclusive future: One step at a time
The Diana Award is a prestigious accolade, supported by Princess Diana’s sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. It is given out to nominees aged 9–25, who are carrying out humanitarian activities for at least a year.
10 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Fighting for women: Amimul Ehsan Khan’s journey as a young changemaker
The Diana Award is a prestigious accolade, supported by Princess Diana’s sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. It is given out to nominees aged between 9 and 25, who are carrying out humanitarian activities for at least a year.
19 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2022
Shuvo Rahman, the founder of Alice Labs, an AI-based multi-channel customer service platform for online businesses, was recently nominated for the Forbes 30 under 30, Asia Class of 2022. He made it to the list under the Enterprise Technology category.
20 June 2022, 18:00 PM
DYDF strives for a more inclusive world
Dhrubotara Youth Development Foundation (DYDF) focuses on training young people on leadership, eradicating poverty, and creating livelihoods through small loans and employment. The foundation was established in 2000.
7 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Accessories to go with your masks
Strap It Up Bangladesh is an online business of face mask accessories. Tazmeri Hoque Mou started the initiative in April 2021, during the pandemic.
24 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Shayla Bithi conquers Island Peak of the Himalayas
Bangladeshi mountaineer Shayla Parvin Bithi successfully conquered the Island Peak of the Himalayas, a 6,160-metre mountain in Nepal.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Faatiha’s earnest mission of combatting climate change
Faatiha Aayat is a Bangladeshi writer, child rights activist, and climate campaigner living in New York, USA.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Making waves in the overseas industrial scene
Afsheen Mozammel Misha has been making waves as an industrial engineer overseas in notable ways.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Getting to work with the European Parliament
Anika Shahjabin from Bangladesh got the opportunity to undertake the Schuman Traineeship, a prestigious internship offered by the European Parliament. She joined the Directorate General of External Policies at Brussels. It is a great way to get acquainted with protocols of European institutions.
16 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Empowering marginalised groups through education and employment
Muhammad Afjal Sultan Sufi is one of the nineteen Bangladeshi changemakers to receive the 2021 Diana Award. He founded Doorbin Foundation when he was just 19 years old, with a goal to help those in need.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi tech wizard developing food-delivery robots in South Korea
Born and raised in Bangladesh, Labib Tazwar Rahman co-founded Neubility, a Seoul-based start-up that develops autonomous food-delivery robots using vision-based localisation and path planning technologies. The platform researches and develops camera-based self-driving solutions and robotics technology, and focuses on last-mile autonomous robot delivery service.
22 August 2021, 10:09 AM
Building the path to a data-driven Bangladesh
Mir Sakib, CEO of Cramstack, was inducted in the 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list, under the category of Enterprise Technology. Cramstack is a startup that uses artificial intelligence to automate the extraction of information from unstructured data to provide insights for businesses.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM
BYLC’s Youth Leadership Summit: Day 3 focuses on the role of youth in building an inclusive society
The theme of this summit is ‘Journey towards an inclusive Bangladesh’. BYLC held the third day of the summit on August 6. The day began with a debrief of the previous session and discussion on leadership, followed by Plenary: Role of youth in building an Inclusive society and Workshop: Translating Vision into Action II.
7 August 2021, 06:56 AM
BYLC’s Youth Leadership Summit: Day 2 focuses on transitioning vision into action
The theme of this summit is ‘Journey towards an Inclusive Bangladesh’. With the focus on diversity and inclusivity, BYLC executed the second day of the summit on August 5. The second day of the summit began with a discussion on leadership, followed by Plenary: Living on the Edge and Workshop: Translating Vision into Action.
6 August 2021, 02:39 AM
Striving against gender discrimination
Anika Subah Ahmad Upoma is one of the nineteen changemakers from Bangladesh who received this year’s Diana Award. She founded Evolution360, an organisation that promotes the Sustainable Development Goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment, in 2016.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Project Shohay: Book auction to support sex workers
Project Shohay, a fundraising campaign jointly organised by Litmosphere and the youth-led sexual awareness organisation Bodol, launched on Tuesday, May 18, with the aim of creating employment opportunities for women in “floating” sex work.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM