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Gems who are taking the country forward
Sitting at her US home, Rafa is transforming the lives of children in Bangladeshi orphanages
The pandemic helped to materialise this remote service for underprivileged children, and Fera Foundation’s unique teaching methods helped to keep students in class There were 20 children, sitting in a classroom, waiting for their teacher. They all smiled happily as...
Breaking Barriers: Meet the Bangladeshi behind self-driving robots
Labib Tazwar Rahman is known as the Bangladeshi behind self-driving robots, but before co-founding the Seoul-based company that develops autonomous food-delivery robots, he founded InclusionX — a disability inclusion and mental health service in Bangladesh. Educated...
Meet the man who introduced Bangladesh to the world through his stamps
Fifty years ago, Biman Chand Mullick was assigned with designing the first Bangladesh stamp series. He not only delivered, but continued to live an active life of an artist and activist for five decades 1963, Spain. Long before Satyajit Ray made 'Agantuk,' a young man...
Her Corporate job paid well. But her plant business brings more money and happiness
Aroneer, a nursery and garden store on Facebook and a labour of love of the founder Aronee, is fetching around Tk3 lakh a month This city of concrete has abundant plants lovers. And why not? Who does not miss a little greenery in this dust dune. Shahadat Hossain – not...
How a young girl from Khulna is tackling mental health in the city
Fairooz was honoured with the ‘Goalkeepers Global Goals Changemaker Award’ from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for her work with Moner School, making her the first Bangladeshi ever to receive the award for commendable work on mental health Fairooz Faizah Beether...
Hasnaeen Rizvi Rahman an Astute Leader committed to deliver innovative software solutions
Hasnaeen Rizvi Rahman is a first-generation entrepreneur at 25 years of age. He is the Founder and CEO of Astha IT which was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Astha IT is a custom software development company that specializes in building...
BUET grad’s AI startup raises $4.1 million
AI startup Gray Matter Robotics, headed by BUET graduate Ariyan Kabir, has raised $4.1 million in seed round funding. Stage Venture Partners and Calibrate Ventures led the round, along with 3M Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures and B Capital Group. The...
Shahbuddin’s artworks at online auctions leave audiences enthralled
At Sowda.com, one of the paintings has already sold out, and bidding for ‘Freedom’ will close today. Meanwhile, bidding for three of his works on Astaguru closed yesterday. For the last few weeks, art enthusiasts in Bangladesh have been enthralled about the ongoing...
Bangladeshi-American Durreen Shahnaz now on Forbes 50 Over 50 list
Earlier, the Asia Society had honored her with the Asia Game Changer Award in 2016 and she bagged the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 Amid the continuing recognition for her priceless role as a financial changemaker, Durreen Shahnaz, a Bangladeshi-American...