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‘Mro people do not want the hotel but their rights to the land’
Nasir Uz Zaman | Updated at 12:00am on December 06, 2020
Local people and activists from Mro community have raised their voice against the construction of a 5-star hotel and amusement park in the Naitong Hill...
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Alamgir Kabir: a saviour of childhood
Afnan Rahman | Updated at 12:00am on October 25, 2020
Alamgir Kabir is a 20-year-old child rights activist. He is currently the advisor and child researcher of the Ghashful Shishu Forum and a youth ambassador...
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Hanif Bangladeshi: a walk for justice
Nasir Uz Zaman | Updated at 12:00am on October 11, 2020
Hanif Bangladeshi is involved in different campaigns, protests and movements sometimes with a group but mostly alone. On September 11, he began a march from...
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Bangladeshi in the Arctic
Monojit Saha | Updated at 12:00am on October 04, 2020
Mallik Sezan Mahmud, a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary in Canada recently came back from a four-month-long scientific expedition in the central Arctic....
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Noor’s journey to Harvard
Mahde Hassan | Updated at 12:00am on September 20, 2020
Seeam Shahid Noor is pursuing a bachelor’s in applied mathematics and neuroscience at Harvard University. He has also lead business data science team for a...
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Ovinu Kibria Islam: on the genome sequencing success of COVID-19
Nasir Uz Zaman | Updated at 12:00am on July 12, 2020
Ovinu Kibria Islam is a young researcher and assistant professor of Jashore University of Science and Technology. Recently, the research team of JUST has successfully...
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Sarwar Tusher: a young critic of our time
Nasir Uz Zaman | Updated at 12:00am on June 07, 2020
Sarwar Tusher is a young political analyst who is involved in a number of youth organising groups including Rashtrochinta and Auraj. During an interview with...
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In conversation with Mithun Das Kabbo
Antara Farnaz Khan | Updated at 12:00am on May 31, 2020
It is a desperate time. Humankind is collectively scavenging for hope. We are hoping for more compassion and empathy for one another and a society...
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The story of a citizen volunteer
Nasir Uz Zaman | Updated at 12:00am on May 10, 2020
During the ‘unofficial’ lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, economically marginalised are struggling to survive. In this situation, Nafisa Khan, who is running two...
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Remembering Himu in the time of social isolation
Nahid Riyasad | Updated at 12:00am on May 03, 2020
Nowshad Hasan Himu, a young citizen rescuer of Rana Plaza killed himself on the 6th anniversary of the collapse. On his first death anniversary, Bangladesh...