The English Club of Green University of Bangladesh (GUB), in collaboration with their Department of English, celebrated Shakespeare Day 2021 through a webinar today (April 24).

During these months of isolation, many of us have adapted to an indoor routine and found quality reading time where we can get it. However, sometimes, we just cannot get ourselves to start a new book. On World Book and Copyright Day, we take a look at five ways to beat a reading slump.

The Shawn Mendes Foundation, started by global superstar and musician Shawn Mendes, seeks to amplify, empower, and uplift youth changemakers, their organizations and their work. It has partnered up with Bangladesh’s Footsteps Foundation, to ensure safe water in marginalized communities in Bangladesh through their acclaimed Project Trishna.

When the pandemic hit, Bangladesh saw educational institutions -- both public and private -- move their academic activities online. But this was uncharted waters for most of these institutions, and their teachers, who would have to conduct these classes. Despite the slight ray of assurance offered by the vaccine for Covid-19, educational institutions remain shut. Students and teachers are still struggling with online workload demands, even after a year.

Saiful Islam Rasel, popularly known as ‘Rasel the Seahorse’, became the first Bangladeshi to complete a two-way crossing of the 16.1 km Bangla Channel in the Bay of Bengal, on March 29, 2021. The competition was arranged by Shwaroz Adventure to celebrate the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence.

I created Sehri Tales in 2016 as a coping mechanism for some melancholia I was experiencing at the time. I knew that the exercise was calming and centering for me, but I didn’t quite think about writing’s potential to heal until I partnered up with the online readers’ community Litmosphere, in 2018.

Ahmed Imtiaz Jami has been named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list 2021, under the category of Social Impact. Jami, a graduate of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, established OBHIZATRIK Foundation in 2010, to work with underprivileged children. So far, his foundation, with the help of 3,500 volunteers, has supported 1 million people on poverty elimination, education, health and nutrition, and human rights issues. Star Youth, The Daily Star, caught up with him to learn about his aspirations, and more.

The movement restrictions induced by the surge in Covid-19 cases have rendered several families helpless. People living below the poverty line have been hit the hardest. In such tough times, Nafisa Anjum Khan, a graduate of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, announced that she would go around different streets in her father’s CNG-run auto rickshaw, providing free food packets to impoverished individuals and families.

For the first time, team Bangladesh, consisting of Nujhat Ahmed Disha, from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, Rayan Bintay Mostafa, from Natore Government Girls’ High School, Arifa Alam, from Tikatuli Kamrunnesa Government Girls’ High School, Dhaka and Safa Tasnim, from Government PN Girls’ High School, Rajshahi, participated in this Olympiad. The team bagged one silver and one bronze medal, won by Disha and Rayan, respectively.

Industrial design offers great potential for LDCs as a driver of innovation, problem-solving and economic growth. The United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries, World Eco-Design Conference, and the International School of Design at Zhejiang University in Ningbo, China, are excited to cooperate and promote the implementation of the International Design Education (IDE) program.

Dr Fazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers.

Meye Network, a platform that combats gender-based injustice, was founded by Trishia Nashtaran in 2011. Trishia is one of the 22 changemakers

Some experts say that the “superpower” that puts us humans – weak, slow, and lacking any physical advantages over the natural world – at the apex of

Freestyle football is the art of self-expression through creatively juggling a football using any parts of the body, from the elbows to the hands.

Due to the ongoing second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are expecting to spend Ramadan indoors, away from the usual festivities and gatherings. Here are five things you can do at home, to make the most out of this holy month.

Project Maa is a social initiative to help breast cancer patients through fundraising. It was started by Mir Hosnay Tasnim, a student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, on International Women’s Day this year. It features five paintings, dedicated to breast cancer patients. Tasnim plans to sell 50 copies of the five paintings, and donate 20 percent of the proceeds to Shanti Foundation for the treatment of breast cancer patients. The idea behind Project Maa came from her personal experiences.

River erosion is a pressing issue in our country. The Padma River’s water constantly shifts and transforms the shape of the river, which is eventually eating away at its bank. To minimise the damage, the river is sometimes governed by sandbags and concrete blocks made from cement — but that is far from a solution, as it imposes threat to the environment by increasing the emission of carbon dioxide. To ensure an eco-friendly and more sustainable solution to it, CUETX, a team of eight students from the Civil Engineering Department of from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, (CUET), proposed a sustainable and cost-effective solution.

River erosion is a pressing issue in our country. The Padma River’s water constantly shifts and transforms the shape of the river, which is eventually eating away at its bank. To minimise the damage, the river is sometimes governed by sandbags and concrete blocks made from cement — but that is far from a solution, as it imposes threat to the environment by increasing the emission of carbon dioxide. To ensure an eco-friendly and more sustainable solution to it, CUETX, a team of eight students from the Civil Engineering Department of from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, (CUET), proposed a sustainable and cost-effective solution.

White Board Science Club (WBSC) began their journey in 2018, to encourage young students who are interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Tasnim Jara is an emergency medicine doctor at National Health Service, England, and a master’s student of Evidence-based Healthcare at the University of Oxford. She co-founded Shohay, a start-up that aims to provide reliable healthcare information in Bangla.