People

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...

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...

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 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...

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...