The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed and altered the lives of students, teachers, and other educational professionals to a great extent. With schools closed and online classes going on in full swing, the education sector is going through a major shift.

Youth organisation Engage recently introduced an online contest, Demonstrate 2020, focusing on mental health. The competition is open for everyone studying in the third grade and above.

Photography began rather casually for Aungmakhai Chak, as she playfully clicked some photos with a camera that belonged to her sister’s friend. Spending her childhood in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban, her passion for the art form developed from a young age. However, it was not until she moved to Dhaka during the intervals of her HSC exams that she started taking photography seriously. She completed a basic course and a foundation course in Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, which kicked off her journey as a photographer.

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Gontobbo Youth Foundation (GYF) strives to alleviate unemployment for underprivileged communities through their activities.

During the Youth Skills Summit 2020, hosted by The Daily Star to mark World Youth Skills Day, Mahfuz Anam, Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star, talked about the growing lack of empathy and ethics in our daily lives.

Global Peace Summit Turkey 2020 (GPST) is providing opportunities to extraordinary young, competent and enthusiastic peacebuilders from

Community Development for Peace (CDP) started their journey in 2013, CDP, with an aim to promote positive thinking and peace through different volunteering communities.

We for Them, a social welfare organisation based in Rangpur, started their journey in 2015. Currently, they are focused on navigating four different projects, based on raising awareness about different societal issues. They had to alter their priorities accordingly, owing to the ongoing pandemic.

With modern academicians advocating for pragmatic educational systems, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education’s interdependent approach to learning is becoming accessible in every corner of the world, including Bangladesh. Prioritising on creating local solutions for local problems, Wizkit, an organisation that embraces STEM-based training, research, and product innovation, worked on an array of projects on technical support for individuals with special needs, healthcare, renewable energy and menstrual hygiene. It was founded by Mushfiqur Rahman Saad, 24, and Bushra E Anjum, 25, in 2017.

Celebrating the journey of resilient Bengali women to inspire young minds both at home and abroad, The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with HerStory Foundation, will launch their e-book series on the online platform Let’s Read tomorrow at 6 pm, featuring 12 beautifully illustrated short stories on photojournalist Sayeda Khanam, female summiteer Nishat Mazumdar, advocate Kalpana Chakma and scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri, among others.

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Applications are now open for Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program Autumn 2021 session at Stanford University! Knight-Hennessy Scholars develops a community of future global leaders to address complex challenges through collaboration and innovation.

Perception Foundation started out in 2014, when some school students identified various societal problems and the differences between communities with regards to access to basic necessities.

The session, Transitioning from Academics to Corporate: The Post-COVID-19 Scenario, moderated by Galib Bin Mohammad, Head of Marketing, Arla Foods Ltd, discussed how the pandemic has affected students and graduates.

For the first time, Bangladesh participated in the International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL) 2020, held online from July 3 to July 5. 60 teams from 15 different countries participated in IBCOL 2020 and among the top six awards, two teams from Bangladesh won two.

For the first time, Bangladesh participated in the International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL) 2020, held online from July 3 to July 5. 60 teams from 15 different countries participated in IBCOL 2020 and among the top six awards, two teams from Bangladesh won two.

For the first time, Bangladesh participated in the International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL) 2020, held online from July 3 to July 5. Team Digital Innovation from Dhaka University, won the Silver Medal Award for their project, Decentralized Identity and Aid Distribution: Platform for Rohingya Refugees. The competition brings out blockchain based solutions to tackle real life problems.

We the Dreamers began their journey as a charitable organisation in 2005, with the aim of providing disadvantaged communities with free medical camps. They expanded their activities as a non-political and multi-professional volunteer organisation from 2015. They facilitate educational services for Rohingya children, who cannot afford to go to schools. They also provide necessary supplies in flood afflicted regions.

In April 2020, a group of young Bangladeshi expats got on a phone call and expressed their concerns regarding the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Public Health students Tahmid Hasib Khan and Aaraf Ahmed jotted down areas in which expatriate youths could make a credible difference in addressing the crisis at home. Their friends provided their input. As a result, the journey of BacharLorai (www.bacharlorai.com) began. Along with Khan and Ahmed, Ontario Public Servant Anil Wasif, Engineer-in-Training Aminur Rahman Khan, KPMG Risk Analyst Farhim Zaman and Data Science student Talha Khan also contributed to the project.