Farah Kabir

Farah Kabir is the country director of ActionAid Bangladesh.

Making the climate change battle inclusive

We need to ensure an intersectional approach to climate action.

3w ago

Are we ready for Bangladesh 2.0?

No one is safe until all can participate and enjoy their entitlements.

3m ago

Reimagining primary and compulsory education in Bangladesh

It is believed that education, in the midst of global advances and challenges, remains the critical vehicle of empowerment.

6m ago

Progress has been made since the Rana Plaza tragedy, but more concerted efforts are needed to uphold the dignity and rights of RMG workers. FILE PHOTO: STAR

Rana Plaza in retrospect: What has changed in a decade?

Following the Rana Plaza tragedy, a global movement arose, demanding accountability, justice, and systemic change for garment workers

6m ago

A feminist approach to climate solutions

Feminist approaches offer significant opportunities for driving positive change.

7m ago

Loss and damage is a far more complicated concept than it sounds. It has far-reaching impacts, some of which are often overlooked.

Can we finally put the Loss and Damage Fund to use?

Although the proposal for the Loss and Damage Fund was adopted at COP27, the declaration to operationalise it came at COP28.

11m ago

Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya

Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.

1y ago

Help young people steward green transition

Youth are the driving force of change

1y ago

January 4, 2022

Guiding the differently-abled

BRIDGE Foundation works for the skill development of people with disabilities. The Co-founder, Swarna Moye Sarker, is one of the 22 Bangladeshi changemakers who have been selected for the Acumen Fellowship in 2021. She has completed her bachelor’s and master’s from Dhaka City College.

December 24, 2021

Empowering women through financial literacy

Afruza Tanzi is one of the 19 Bangladeshi recipients of the 2021 Diana Award. She was born and brought up in Sylhet, where she attended Bluebird School and College. Tanzi came to Dhaka in 2017 to complete her Bachelor’s in Biotechnology at BRAC University, where she is now a final year student.

November 5, 2021

5 ways to earn money as a student

Why not make money out of your hard earned education by dispensing it? Tutoring is a lucrative option for students to earn on a monthly basis. Currently, a single tutoring job can ensure BDT 5,000 to 30,000 per month, depending upon the seeker’s academic background, subjects, and place of residence.

October 26, 2021

Manan Morshed’s exhibition ‘Shut out of site’ underway

Prominent artist Manan Morshed’s dual solo exhibition, “Shut out of Site”, is currently taking place at Dwip Gallery in Lalmatia and the British High Commission Residence Project Space in Baridhara.

October 20, 2021

Galleri Kaya commemorates 17th anniversary with grand exhibition

Galleri Kaya has organised a group exhibition in Uttara to commemorate their 17th anniversary and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the same time. The exhibition features 76 selected artworks by 32 modern and contemporary artists from 1952 to 2021.

October 10, 2021

Mong Mong Sho’s tribute to the fishermen

Mong Mong Sho’s exhibition, “Songs of Fishermen” is currently taking place at EMK Center in Dhaka. A painter from Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, Mong works with oil paints and watercolours. In 2010, he got into the University of Chittagong, and after two years, he received the Yunnan Provincial Scholarship to study oil painting at the Fine Art Faculty of Yunnan Arts University in Kunming, China. He completed his Bachelor’s in oil painting in 2016 and Master’s in watercolour in 2019. He now teaches at the same university.

October 5, 2021