Brac
88th birth anniversary of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed / Memories of a revolutionary dreamer
Abed bhai defined a great and worthy leader as someone who always steps down to accommodate a worthier leader.
BRAC University stands in solidarity with Palestine
Donates BDT 37 lakhs in financial aid to Gaza from staff Eid bonus
University: Our factory of miseducation
Universities should be about creating the next generation of thinkers, right? Even in terms of skills, haven’t we been failing largely?
Is there an architecture for marginal communities?
Our experience of designing Brac regional offices across rural Bangladesh.
Six structures of Bangladesh honoured with Aga Khan Award for Architecture for 2022
Brac has been awarded for five of these structures
Building Mangrove Forests
Since mangrove forests are highly tolerant of salt and adapted to extreme environmental conditions, planting mangroves is becoming more important than ever.
Brac University team ranks second at RoboSub 2023
BRACU Duburi, a team from Brac University, has secured the second overall position in RoboSub 2023, an international student competition hosted by the nonprofit organisation RoboNation. In addition to becoming the first runners-up, the Bangladeshi team also received an Ingenuity Special Award in this competition.
Centre for Peace and Justice: On a mission to build a just, peaceful and inclusive society
In this article, we will look at the history of CPJ, the scope and impact of its work, and the future direction it wishes to pursue.
Book Excerpt / A memoir that helps understand development
Perhaps the most important contribution of the book lies in providing intimate insights into how NGOs work in Bangladesh.
Zero tolerance policy against illegal migration: Minister
The government has taken zero tolerance policy against illegal migration, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says. He suggests that those who had gone to Libya with the ultimate purpose of reaching Europe illegally should be brought under law.
Standing by them, sad
It was just some 40 minutes before the iftar yesterday when a group of people showed up at arrival lounge of Dhaka’s airport, unsure about what to do. At that time, both passengers and airport staff were taking preparation to break the day’s fast.
BRAC ranked top global NGO for 4th consecutive year
BRAC, a Bangladesh-based non-government organisation, has been ranked the top NGO in the world in 2019.
Brac wants govt to fund NGOs' dev projects
The Brac wants the government to fund NGOs to implement development programmes as foreign funding for the sector has been declining with the country moving into middle-income status.
Brac seeks govt funding in NGOs for development
Brac Executive Director Muhammad Musa says that the government should invest in the non-government sector accelerating its development programmes to turn the country into a middle-income one.
Sir Fazle Abed ranked among world’s greatest leaders
Brac founder and its Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has been named as one of the greatest leaders, according to Fortune Magazine's latest list of "The World 50 Greatest Leaders”.
Muhith lauds Yunus, Abed for poverty alleviation
Finance Minister AMA Muhith applauds Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and Brac founder Fazle Hasan Abed for their pioneering efforts to eradicate the country’s poverty.
‘Govt must ensure skills dev training for growing human resources’
Government and private sector companies must ensure sufficient skill development training for the country’s growing human resources, discussants say at a seminar.
Man held in Bagerhat over threat ‘using IS’s name’
Police in a drive arrest a man on Friday night for allegedly giving a threat to a teacher and a Brac employee using the name of militant outfit Islamic State (IS) from Doshani area in Bagerhat town.
Dubai charity to build school to honour brave Bangladeshi nanny
A Dubai charity is building a secondary school in Bangladesh in memory of Sufia Akter, a Bangladeshi nanny who died saving four Emirati boys from drowning two years ago, reports the Gulf News.
