Shaniz Chowdhury

Sidratul Moontaha is one of the recipients of the 2021 Diana Award. At the age of 22, she became the youngest Chapter Ambassador for Technovation.

Ananya Ferdous Hoque is a researcher in Virology at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). She graduated with a BSc in Microbiology from North South University, and pursued an MRes at the University of Manchester.

CHAYA is a novel space-sharing marketplace in Bangladesh, launched by Farhia Tabassum and Mehraab Anwar. Unoccupied and unused spaces can be listed by their owners on CHAYA’s website, for users to browse and find what they need.

Under Nigar Sultana Joty’s leadership, Bangladesh women’s cricket team qualified for the first time in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup in 2021. She is one of the most talented players in the country. Cricket fans have praised her determination, dedication, and hard work over the years.

The 2022 nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday. In the run up to the award ceremony, let us look at the 10 wonderful movies that have been nominated in the Best Film category.

From the age of 10, Marzan Akter Priya knew that her calling in life is karate. She used to watch seniors and juniors in karate training from a window in her classroom. However, she did not pluck up the courage to join them because such activities were strictly prohibited in her household.

Sarjeena Maodud is the CEO and Co-founder of Sheraspace, a tech-based home improvement company. After completing her Master’s in London, she moved back to Dhaka in 2017.

Ummay Hafsa Rumky won a gold medal in women’s high jump, setting a national record of 1.71m in the Sheikh Kamal 45th National Athletics.

2021 was a fantastic year for Hollywood as blockbuster movies, new and old TV shows, graced the screen and left the audience wanting more. Among the 39 actors and actresses nominations in various categories, we list 10 artistes who went above and beyond to embody their characters.

Oscar-winning performers Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio star as each other’s foil - DiCaprio is a timid and anxious professor while Lawrence is the egalitarian,

Like a devoted guard dog, your phone probably never leaves your side. But using  the phone before bedtime can be detrimental to your vision

Time, mysterious as it is, has multitudes of invisible threads that connect us. One such thread is the Harry Potter series. Many of the actors, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, Tom Felton, Alfred Enoch, Helena Bonham Carter, Gary Oldman, Evanna Lynch, and Robbie Coltrane from the Harry Potter film franchise reunite in HBO Max’s “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts”.

Based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s stories that spawned an incredibly popular gaming franchise, Netflix’s “The Witcher” recently released its much-anticipated second season.

It goes without saying that when Stan Lee wrote your comic books in the 60s, he created something spectacularly special. As a kid in the ’00s, I was quick to jump on the Spider-Man bandwagon, never to get off. Ever since then, many superheroes and supervillains have graced the big screen but you remain my favourite of all time.

Turn Up PR is an emerging firm that has gained a foothold in the public relations (PR) market in just one year. The organisation integrates various tools that extend beyond the traditional media for publicity curation. It aims to promulgate success stories of Bangladesh, particularly about businesses that are based in the outskirts of the cities or abroad, globally.

Rumours about who will be the next James Bond begun to swirl around even before the release of “No Time To Die”. So far, the actors who have played this beloved character managed to boast diabolical charisma and exude magnetic confidence. James Bond is meant to be a hardened spy, willing to go the distance for the sake of his country. Recently, Barbara Broccoli, long-time producer of the James Bond films, revealed that the next 007 will be a British man of any ethnicity. With a legacy that spans decades, Bond needs to be played by someone who can marry Ian Fleming’s version of the iconic spy with contemporary elegance.

The IHFF Olympia Amateur Bodybuilding Championship held in Mumbai, India, welcomed 30 contenders this year. At the event, Maksuda Akhter Mou made history as Bangladesh’s first female bodybuilder to win an international medal. She bagged the bronze medal in the category, ‘Women’s Physique’.

In case you are wondering why you should continue or start watching “Money Heist”, here are five reasons to convince you.

Youth-led organisation N te Nari, N te Nirapotta (NAW) was the 2021 runner-up in the students/campaigns category for UNDP’s   Digital Khichuri Challenge (DKC), titled “The Unsafety Net: How Online Abuse is Driving Women Out of Digital Spaces”.

The nominees for the 64th Grammy Awards, which will air on January 31 in the coming New Year, were announced recently.