Election season is all about tall promises. Candidates go door-to-door and pledge different things to the voters, only to be a no-show for five years in many cases
Fauzia Beethi is not a political figure in her area, but everybody knows her in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila for her philanthropic works.
In a country where people laid down their lives about seventy years ago to uphold the dignity of their mother tongue, Bangla, the struggle is still on to preserve mother tongues of smaller ethnic communities.
Giving away her hard-earned income to the destitute, Dil Afroze Khuki of Rajshahi chose a life of constant battles. In her 60s now, she has been a newspaper hawker in the northern city for 30 years.
A schoolboy who started a library in his village with only 10 books back in 2014 now supplies books to 30 salon-based mini-libraries in two upazilas with money earned from part-time jobs.
Paschim Barua village used to be pervaded by some typical social ills -- superstition, child marriage, and child labour. A remote village of 20,000 people in Kulaghat union of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, it has now been transformed by education.
Mohammad Soinuddin Miah, a farmer of remote village in Tangail, put in superhuman labour for four years to construct a 1.5-kilometre long earthen road with the intention of ending the sufferings of his fellow villagers.
For close to a decade, Abdur Rashid, a marginal farmer from a remote village in Lalmonirhat, has been running the school, “Kaliganj Pratibandhi Bidyalay”, with support from locals and specialised teachers who volunteer.
Local Education and Economic Development Organisation, in short LEEDO, began operating in 2000.This charity organisation's main
The serene, lush green backdrop of Sajek valley, the largest union in the north of Chittagong Hill Tracts is touted as an amazing
Since April, the people of haor in Sunamganj have been hit by flash-flood. On hearing about their ongoing crisis, the volunteers of
Every other street in Dhaka city today has a building or two under construction, not to mention the flyovers that are being built.
Upon becoming a member of the Global Shaper's Hub of Dhaka, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, I began a
The 22nd of April marks Earth Day when the world collectively demonstrates support for environment protection.
The annual World Earth Day is not meant to be celebrated just once a year.
Often times when comprehending solutions for people, especially children from a less privileged background, the noble intentions
On the very first day of Bengali New Year, we bring to you the story of a youth who chased his dream of solving an ever going crisis.
10 Minute School, best classified as a learning platform, was founded in the year 2015 by Ayman Sadiq. It is the only site in
