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Bangladeshi listed among world’s most influential scientists
Prof MA Hannan, a Bangladeshi researcher living in Malaysia, is listed among the world's most influential scientists, by UK-based analytics company "Clarivate". Hannan, an expert professor in electrical engineering at Universiti Tenaga Malaysia (UNITEN), achieved...
Joy Bangla Youth Award: Recognising the next generation of trailblazers
From a list of 600 potential candidates, Young Bangla recognised ten young leaders for their contribution to the development of those around them Since long before the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the youth have always been at the forefront of every political...
NSU student develops eyeglasses for colour blind people
Imagine flying thousands of feet in your cherished cockpit, manoeuvring swiftly through the fickleness of the daily odysseys of a pilot. Many aspiring pilots have been through these imagination phases, trying hard day and night to fulfil their dreams. But in life, not...
Bangladeshi researcher Dr Laila Nahar gets gold medal in Malaysia
Expatriate Bangladeshi researcher Dr Laila Nahar has been awarded gold medal for creating healthy Mushroom Crackers using green technology in Malaysia. She received this award from the Ministry of Higher Education of the country. On November 3, eight researchers,...
How Beli Begum took haleem from Faridpur to Athens
In the last three decades, about 10.8 lakh female workers migrated to different countries. Many wound up working as domestic help in the Middle East and are often subjected to abuse and exploitation. Beli Begum’s story is, perhaps, an outlier. A female migrant who...
In Bangladesh, Food Safety Saved the Business Of This Entrepreneur
In Dhaka Bangladesh, a market intervention to keep safe and nutritious food accessible during the pandemic saved the business of this fish seller Nizam Uddin smiles respectfully as he makes his way over to his vacant fish stall at the Islambagh City Corporation...
The miracle in the Delta: Bangladeshi scientist who discovered Bengal Water Machine
Recently, an article on the “Bengal Water Machine” was published in the prestigious journal, Science. The findings suggest that farmers in Bangladesh are unknowingly recharging underground water storage. What does this mean for a country facing the worst of the...
Tahlil’s journey to Silicon Valley, defying life-altering chronic illness
Tahlil, who suffered from serious health conditions from infancy, went on to become a gold-medalist student of Dhaka University and now a lead engineer at a Silicon Valley company A chronic debilitating health condition could have defined 25-year old Tahlil. But...
Thank You, Apa
The author thanks the Prime Minister for all she has done, not just for the country but for the author and her family as well Being the granddaughter of Nurjahan Begum, the first female journalist in Bangladesh, and Rokanuzzaman Khan (known as Dadabhai), the founding...