BGMEA to create decent work for youth in RMG sector

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will support an innovative new programme from the Centre for Child Rights and Business to create decent work for young in the apparel industry. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan made the announcement at a meeting with Ines Kaempfer, CEO of the centre at the

PM asks youths of both nations to foster friendship

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the youth of Bangladesh and India to interact more closely and work in close collaboration like their leaders did in the past. "We feel, youths of both the countries need to interact more closely and connect to the shared history because they are the

Rana Masud gets Global Youth Leadership Award

Rana Masud, Founder and CEO of Innovative Engineering and Development, has won the Global Youth Leadership Award. He has received the award in ‘Young Entrepreneurship’ category, a press release said Tuesday. Under the slogan "Connecting the Leader Leading the World"by the "Global Youth Parliament" and the "United Nations Peace Commission"at the

Meaningful dialogue amplifies youth issues

Young people are often the first to rebuild their communities. However, youths’ diverse challenges cannot be addressed without meaningful dialogue, says Klaus Beck, Regional Director of UNFPA ASRO ai. He was speaking during the hybrid conference ‘Intergenerational Dialogue of the Asian Parliamentarians and Youth Advocates on Meaningful Youth Engagement’ on June

Grameenphone launches GP Academy for youth

Grameenphone has launched ‘GP Academy,’aiming to train Bangladesh's vast and promising young population to help them prepare for the fourth industrial revolution. The programmes and courses of the GP Academy are designed to strengthen their career readiness and accelerate entrepreneurship. It will develop multiple core skills required for the fourth industrial revolution,

Walton CEO urges youths to love themselves, live with dreams

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC Golam Murshed has urged the youths to love themselves, live with dreams and perform their responsibilities sincerely to get success in life. “Love yourself and learn how to live with your dreams and perform your responsibilities ... Go ahead

Youths showing the way in smart farming with apps

Agri-Science Society is a volunteer organization working for developing apps to aid digitalization in the agriculture marketing and farming sector of Bangladesh. Sheikh Shoaibur Rahman, a student of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, founded the Agri-Science Society in 2019 with a dream of modernizing the traditional farming to enhance food production without destroying

61.5pc urban youth suffer moderate to severe stress

More than sixty percent of the urban adolescents in Bangladesh are suffering from moderate to severe levels of stress, a study has found. The physical and mental health of adolescents in the country was already in a precarious state even before coronavirus broke out; the situation in the last two years

Vivo’s V, Y Series brand’s commitment towards Youth

vivo, the leading global smartphone brand has been receiving popular attention from the youth in recent times. With smartphones becoming an important part of the younger generation’s routine, smartphone brands have also been keeping up with their requirements in the form of latest technology and features. To understand the smartphone needs

DIU launches youth summit on aging

Daffodil International University's Social Business Students Forum and Aging Support Forum have jointly organized the ‘Youth Summit on Aging-2021’ based on the theme “Digital equivalence for all age” began Thursday at Daffodil Education Network Campus. The summit will continue up to 25th October, 2021. As part of the summit a workshop