The International Online Case Competition (IOCC), hosted by Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, is an online university-level case competition spanning across several countries. IOCC’s mission is to cultivate global talent and to provide a platform for students globally to refine their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities through simulation.

The International Online Case Competition (IOCC), hosted by Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, is an online university-level case competition spanning across several countries. IOCC’s mission is to cultivate global talent and to provide a platform for students globally to refine their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities through simulation.

Sadat Rahman founded Cyber Teens, an app that provides a safe space for teenagers to ask for help against cyberbullying. For his work, he won the International Children's Peace Prize 2020, which he regards as a fond memory.

Afzal Khan is popularly known as Robin Hood the animal rescuer. For more than a decade, he has been spending time in taking care of stray and differently abled cats and dogs along with providing emergency service in rescuing the animals from different situations.

Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Arafat, popularly known as Ironman Arafat, is representing Bangladesh at the Ironman World Championship. He qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship last September, taking the national flag to the international championship for the first time.

Amir Hamza is the founder of Here We Play, a platform that promotes play as earnestly as schooling in the process and progression of teaching students at

"Meet the Influencer" was recently organised by the agency, Influencer Hub, with the country's best content creators, stars, and media personalities, including Khaiyam Sanu Sandhi, Dana, Rafayat Rakib, Morshed Mishu, Raj, Neyon, Rehaan Rasool, Syed Nafis, RJ Nitul, Faiza, Bipro, and many others.

CHAYA is a novel space-sharing marketplace in Bangladesh, launched by Farhia Tabassum and Mehraab Anwar. Unoccupied and unused spaces can be listed by their owners on CHAYA’s website, for users to browse and find what they need.

An utter tragedy struck 13 years ago. Still only a ninth-grader, Rajshahi’s Sheuli Akter was married off owing to her family’s unimaginable struggle with poverty.

Recently, 15 youth-led organisations were recognised for their outstanding contributions to five different fields at the Joy Bangla Youth Award (JBYA) 2021 held on 20 December 2021 at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Youth Development in Savar.

Joynab Shantu, an assistant professor of the Department of Bangla at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, is the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer the 20,161 feet tall Mount Lobuche of Nepal. She reached the peak with Bangladesh’s flag in November 2021.

Two doctors have swam across the Bangla Channel, the 16.1km stretch of the Bay of Bengal between the Teknaf Fisheries Jetty and the jetty in Saint Martin's Island, claiming to be the first ever doctors to do so in the country.

Jesika Zaman is the champion of GPH Ispat-Prothom Alo En Genius Competition, which focuses on structural designs. 223 teams participated in the selection period of the event, from Bangladesh.

Turn Up PR is an emerging firm that has gained a foothold in the public relations (PR) market in just one year. The organisation integrates various tools that extend beyond the traditional media for publicity curation. It aims to promulgate success stories of Bangladesh, particularly about businesses that are based in the outskirts of the cities or abroad, globally.

Sonnet Ahammed completed his Bachelor’s in Architecture from BUET, and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Computational, Generative Design and Simulation at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Being inspired by magazine photographs, Reyad Abedin was elated to get a phone with a camera when he was just a young kid in college.

Talented theatre actress and dancer Umma Habiba delivered a brilliant performance in “Marx in Soho”, a recent play by prominent theatre troupe BotTola, in association with Jatrik.

Ten Bangladeshi youths have made it to the Top 100 Young Talent of Asia list this year.

Eleven-year-old Toky Yasar Ayman has impressed one and all with his melodious voice.  He recently partnered up with renowned singer and lyricist Shafiq Tuhin for the duet song, “Sheikh Russeler Kanna”.

Did you know that a group of visually impaired people from Bangladesh and India have been collaborating on audio plays using technology?  The cultural group, Ganga Padma Shilpigushthi, set high hopes for visually impaired people to nurture their talents through this initiative.