One of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, has seen a spike in unemployment rates following the Covid-19 pandemic. The country is still recovering from the damage done during this pandemic, but the fall in unemployment rates is still going at a languid pace.
One of the pillars of Briddhi is skill development, which itself is a multifaceted concept. Briddhi’s focus is restructuring and promoting Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as the force to drive the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Established in 2018, Give Bangladesh Foundation is a social organisation that provides a pathway for people to get involved in philanthropy and volunteering. By bringing modern practices from the development industry to the more simplistic philanthropic sector, the foundation strives to ensure that charitable contributions from individuals are creating a positive impact on beneficiaries.
The Young Leaders Fellowship Programme graduation ceremony, organised by Democracy International (DI), concluded recently.
On the occasion of World Health Day 2022, Light to Life hosted daylong activities on the interlinkages between Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Climate change, in partnership with The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute, Pathfinder International, Bayer, and 120 under 40. The event was held on April 7, 2022, at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, Dhaka.
A dialogue on the Russia-Ukraine war was held at BRAC University recently, about the Russia-Ukraine war’s impact on Bangladesh’s economy.
Shaathi Bangladesh Limited has opened a sewing center in Korail slum to teach underprivileged women and girls how to make reusable sanitary napkins for free. Shaathi held a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 30, to celebrate the opening of the sewing center in Korail slum. The project "Give women the gift of Independence" is sponsored by First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) to empower women and girls so they can achieve economic independence, understand their reproductive and sexual health options, and regain the power to shape their lives.
Winrock International’s Ashshash Project arranged a special award-giving ceremony to honour survivors of human trafficking.
Daffodil International University (DIU) is set to host a national virtual conference on ‘Industrial Technology Innovation Management for Sustainable Economic Development of Bangladesh’ on September 25, 2021. The inaugural session followed by a plenary session of the conference will be held live from 5 pm on DIU’s official Facebook page and Campus TV, along with Zoom. American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham), Bangladesh Association of Call Center and Outsourcing (BACCO) and Skill.jobs are the co-host organisations of the event.
The Business Club of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) conducted a webinar on challenges and pportunities in international trade on September 16. Amer Salim, Director of Knit Asia Limited and Aurum Sweaters Limited, was the guest speaker for the event.
The virtual National Seminar, “ Accelerating Progress and Equity in Education during the Pandemic in Bangladesh" was organised by the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at North South University (NSU) and KASpaces of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Germany, on September 18 and 19.
Nafi Ahmed intends to integrate skateboarding, a unique sport, into the lives of Bangladeshi youths. In line with that thought, he founded the group, Sk8 Platoon, with his peers, Arfi Shahid and Shaquat Hossain, in October 2020.
Dream School, an online based platform, emphasises on fun and innovative techniques to engage children.
With the motto to stimulate the idea of values and positive change, Shuvashish Bhowmick, founder of father-son singing duo Baap Ka Beta, initiated the campaign, “Mullobodh Er Paathshala". This campaign hosts live sessions with renowned celebrities, authors, and experts on the importance of morals and values. The fifth episode, titled "Does or can literature play a role in developing values?" was held yesterday, featuring Chamok Hasan, Research & Development Engineer at Boston Scientific Corporation and Mahrin Ferdous, an author by passion and profession who has been affiliated with literature for the past decade.
Team Kilo Flight, a group of students from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), participated in the UK’s Formula Student (FS) this year virtually.
Established in 2008, the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) is a non-profit organisation that trains 21st century social impact leaders. Bangladesh has been selected for the 1st time in the MCN this year. In 2018, the organisation expanded the fellowship programme by partnering with United Nations Academic Impact to assemble, contest, and revel undergraduate leadership for SDG and UNAI principles. Out of all the applicants, only six percent of them are chosen on the basis of the ideas that can prove to be progressive for a nation. 17 fellows from AUW, 13 fellows from BRACU, 14 fellows from BUP and 11 fellows from CU were selected from Bangladesh.
A little over a year ago Nusrat Rabiya Lubaba began her social initiative, Charity Scrunchies, in an attempt to help her parents provide for the underprivileged during the pandemic. Lubaba is an A-level student, determined to help those in need as much as she can to the best of her ability. We reached out to her to find out more about her work.
‘Tiger widows’ are women who tragically lost their husbands to tiger attacks at villages near the Sundarbans. In 2018, Asikuzzaman Asik formed the Initiative for Coastal Development (ICD) to rehabilitate tiger widows as well as people of the Munda community from poverty, social stigma, and natural disasters.
