In 2020, Homer Hickam, the original rocket boy – prominent for his book Rocket Boys- told me during an interview that “Bangladeshi folks interested in the space business” should follow young people in Coalwood and the surrounding area where he was...
Led by a Bangladeshi scientist, a group of researchers at Rice University in Texas developed a way to enhance the shelf life of fruits and vegetables using an entirely edible and washable protein-based coating. The coating, prepared mixing egg white, yolk, cellulose...
In the warm of winter morning, two siblings Tashfin and Tanha arrived at their school on Monday in Savar’s Bypile area like any other normal day with their mother. After attending their first-hour classes at GM Model High School, which also runs a primary section, the...
Creating an exciting design for my clients makes me so happy, says Taslima Miji, CEO of Leatherina, the company she founded in 2016. Her signature brand, Gootipa, is now famous for its customised leather products, both in Bangladesh and international markets like...
User-friendly and functioning without any major hiccup, vaccine registration app “Surokkha” is a small statement of capabilities of homegrown information technologists. Created by five local engineers, the app with an access capacity of five crore people at a time,...
24-year-old Tahira Resalat is a British Bangladeshi, living in London. She is pursuing an MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. She completed her undergraduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from...