The curtains go down for the biggest online techfest of the year, "JoyJatra’50 Techfest powered by ACME, co-powered by Optimax Communications Ltd." hosted by the Robotics Club of BRAC University (ROBU). This event is organized celebrating the technological advancement that the whole country has achieved in its 50 years. The main goal of this event is to provide a platform to the young minds of the country to showcase their technological prowess and creative thinking.

Samsung Bangladesh has introduced the Galaxy A12 in the Bangladesh market. The presale has started in Pickaboo, and it will continue until March 19, 2021.

The Hult Prize Foundation announced that SOYNIC, a soya protein food brand planned by the team Gambit has been shortlisted for the 2021 Hult Prize US1M Challenge regional final round. Md. Sabit Shahriar Haque, Snehashis Roy, Tahsin Rahman and Tofiquel Haque Toha are the members of Team Gambit of Ahsanullah University. In partnership with the United Nations Office of Partnerships, the Hult Prize Foundation organizes the world’s largest startup program aimed at social impact. It offers a grand startup prize of US$1,000,000 awarded by President Bill Clinton at the United Nations Headquarters on an annual basis. Their Team Gambit has beaten the odds, outperforming a record number of 350,000 program participants who began the journey this past fall. “It’s an amazing experience being selected for the next round, and we truly believe our idea can and will change the world”, said SOYNIC team member Snehashis.

As part of its celebrations for Bangladesh’s 50th anniversary of independence, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) inaugurated the virtual Global Youth Climate Summit, in partnership with the California-based Foundation for Climate Restoration, Resilient Markets, and the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, on March 11.

IDLC Finance Limited and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed a memorandum of understanding on March 10th, 2021 to improve maternal, neonatal health rights and nutrition in the tea gardens of Sylhet. Under this partnership, IDLC will support renovation of the tea gardens’ health facility with water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH) block and provide necessary medical equipment’s and logistics in seven tea gardens. UNICEF will ensure capacity building of the tea garden health service providers with necessary training in order to connect the tea gardens’ health facilities with the government system for better services and sustainability.

Popular musician turned actor Tahsan Khan has been appointed as the ‘Face of Evaly’. Tahsan will remain as the ‘Face’ for the country's top ecommerce marketplace evaly.com.bd for the next two years.

Stillfront Group, a Swedish publicly listed game company acquired 100% shares of Moonfrog Labs and its subsidiary Dhaka based - Ulka Games Limited. 91% shares had been transferred for USD 90 Million. Rest will be transferred over the next three years and payouts will be according to the performance of the studios.

On the occasion of World Kidney Day on 11th March, the United Hospital Renal Care Center organized a patient forum with kidney patients entitled 'Staying Well with Kidney Disease'.

Government, private, and development sector come together for the first time under the "FutureNation" coalition to accelerate the economic growth of Bangladesh after the COVID pandemic by enabling youth for a demographic dividend.

Doreen Hotels & Resorts has organized nine days of festivities full of happiness, fun and delicious delicacies. From Friday March 12 until Saturday March 20 between 6.30 pm and 10.30 pm indulge in live cooking stations and food featuring Chef Kaique’s signature dishes that include grilled beef tenderloin on fresh herbs and wild mushroom sauce, Chef Kaique signature cheese french fries, Phuket black pepper fish, cream chicken pot pie, garlic king shrimp on lemon sauce, vegetable jhal freigi, chicken rashmi kabab, Afghanistan beef kabab, Arabic lamb kofta kebab, crème brûlée, homemade fruits tart, classic tiramisu , orange panna cotta, pavlova, chocolate éclairs and many more.

To commemorate International Women’s Day 2021, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are organising a number of events, including dialogue, and TV talk show on, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”.

TrailBlazer, the signature event of Bangladesh Agricultural University Career Club takes place with the participation of the students of Bangladesh Agricultural University funded by the Dutch project “Development of an Entrepreneurial Eco-System at BAU”. This is one of the most celebrated programs in BAU which is nurturing potential entrepreneurs within the campus since its introduction by BAUCC in 2018. Following the tradition of previous years, TrailBlazer 3.0 was presented by BAUCC this year. The business case battle started on 5th January, 2020 and continued till 27th of February, 2020 concluded with the finals and ending ceremony on the same day. The event mostly took place online unlike the finals which took place offline in BAU campus on the 27th.

NUBDians is a platform working to facilitate the skill building of National University students. Initiated by Md. Palash Sakal, the platform hosts workshops, skill-development sessions, and other interactive activities.

Agile in Education USA (AiEUSA) is organizing the 2nd global virtual conference on "Agile in Education: Transforming Education through Innovative Solutions" on March 18th – 20th, 2021 with Agile educators, innovators, pioneers, education professionals, and global speakers from across the world targeting mainly Bangladeshi participants.

Nazia Andaleeb Preema is one of the most provocative and evolving artists of Bangladesh with a career spanning 25 years, influencing our culture along the way. She had represented Bangladesh in various international exhibitions including the 58th La Biennale de Venezia in 2019. She has had over 20 solo expositions worldwide, participated in 5 Asian Art Biennales, art residencies, festivals and workshops. She has received numerous national and international accolades for her work, particularly surrounding women. She is the President of Women in Leadership (WIL) and its initiatives, Founder of Bangladesh Creative Forum (BCF), and Director/Curator of Bangladesh Brand Forum furthering her passion and mission to women empowerment and creative leadership.

Fatinaaz Feroz, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Stamford University Bangladesh, speaks to The Daily Star about her voyage from a young, passionate student with skills to becoming the leading figure in one of the leading private university in Bangladesh and gives her sage advice in how to take equality and women empowerment to the next level.

Women grow up being told to rein in their dreams and aspirations to fit a certain template of what the world thinks they should be like. Their thoughts, actions and ideas often get muddled in dictation, and their choices and ambitions often get confuddled in self-doubt. For too long, mythical tales of women not being good leaders or only being good for certain “woman-friendly” professions have polluted safe spaces. Against all odds and in fact owning these odds, the women at BAT Bangladesh are currently exceling at jobs that are infamous for being “a man’s job”. Starting from being the sole in-charge of a territory to working in the frontline at the factory in shifts to overseeing large teams – these women are doing it all.

North South University's Business & Management Studies and Computer Science & Information Systems has been ranked in the QS World University Rankings 2021 by Subject for the second year in a row. NSU also continues to be the only private university in Bangladesh to be ranked in the QS Rankings by Subjects.

Rokkhi Limited is one of the few companies in Bangladesh that work both as a building management companion and a security solution. The aim is to come out of the conventional building management system and create a new building assistant that shall work as an all-around solution for buildings. Rokkhi has the vision to be the service and security operator of every building. Everything a building or flat owner does to manage their building and building security Rokkhi wants to upgrade the system in an easy way so that the daily hassles can be managed by a single platform.

As part of its celebrations for Bangladesh’s 50th anniversary of independence, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) will host the inaugural Global Youth Climate Summit, in partnership with the California-based Foundation for Climate Restoration, Resilient Markets, and the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, on March 11-12, 2021.