YOUTH THOUGHTS

As a child, Tanima Tasnim Ananya became interested in learning about space by listening to various science stories from her mother. She immigrated to the United States in 2009 for higher studies. With the help of artificial intelligence, he has created a special model with which all the information about the black holes from the beginning of the universe till now can be found. And for creating this model, Tanima has got the top spot in the list of 10 young scientists of 2020 in Science News magazine.Ananna co-founded Wi-STEM (pronounced "wisdom"), a mentorship network for girls and young women who are interested in science. She and four other Bangladeshi scientists, who studied in the United States, currently mentor a group of 20 female high school and college students in Bangladesh, helping them find paths to pursue science.Tonima is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Dartmouth College. After Bryn Mawr, she earned her PhD at the Department of Physics in Yale University. Alongside her research, she co-founded Wi-STEM (pronounced "wisdom"), a mentorship network for girls and young women who are interested in science

Bangladeshi movie "Gore" is going to make history. If all goes well, this movie directed by Gazi Rakayet is going to get a chance to compete in the best film category of the Oscars as the first movie in the history of the country. The movie "Gore" is being released in the multiplexes of the capital on the first day of the new year.The English title is "The Grave". Gore is the first full-length English and Bengali language film in the history of the country. Where a gore eater has been digging gore for 30 years. Villages are begging from one end of Bengal to the other. Besides, it is also collecting news of human deaths. The setting of this movie is about a gore eater who is full of human love.

Elon musk

Elon Reeve Musk is a business magnate, industrial designer and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.

He was born:June 28, 1971 (age 49) in Pretoria, South Africa

CEO of:Tesla, Inc., SpaceX

He is Founder of:PayPal, 

Neuralink, The Boring Company, OpenAI

Education:Stanford University, 

University of Pennsylvania, 

The Wharton School.In 2001, Musk conceived Mars Oasis, an idea to land a miniature experimental greenhouse on Mars, containing food crops growing on Martian regolith, in an attempt to reawaken public interest in space exploration.

SpaceX began development of the Starlink constellation of low Earth orbit satellites in 2015 to provide .

Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, is a Canadian model and the oldest woman to star in a Covergirl campaign. When Musk was growing up, she worked five jobs at one point to support her family.Musk, 49, has lived in the Los Angeles area, where SpaceX is headquartered, for two decades. Tesla is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and the electric-car maker's flagship auto plant is across the San Francisco Bay in Fremont.

two mayor of Dhaka

The responsibility for 26 canals in the capital has been officially handed over to the two city corporations of Dhaka. WASA Managing Director Taksim A Khan explained the responsibility of the canal in the presence of the local government minister and two mayors. Meanwhile, the mayor of the south Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh said that Dhaka will be transformed into Venice in the future. And Atiqul Islam, the mayor of the north, said that the canal of Dhaka found the address as it came into the hands of the city corporation from WASA.Taksim A Khan, Managing Director of WASA on behalf of Dhaka WASA, ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, Chief Executive Officer on behalf of DSCC and Md. Selim Reza signed. Senior officials of the three companies were present at the time.Incidentally, in the last few years, if there is a little heavy rain in Dhaka, waterlogging occurs. While Dhaka WASA has the main responsibility to resolve this, the City Corporation also plays an important role. Bangladesh Water Development Board, Capital Development Authority, Cantonment Board and private housing companies are also involved in this.

1 .Massachusetts Istitute of technology

Massachusetts istitute of technology

2.Stanford University

Stanford University

Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in Stanford, California. Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year

3. Stanford University

Stanford University

Stanford University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, clergyman John Harvard, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world

4.The University of Oxford

The University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking

5.The California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology is a private research university in Pasadena, California. The university is known for its strength in science and engineering,

6.ETH Zurich 

ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich is a public research university in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. Founded by the Swiss Federal Government in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the school focuses exclusively on science, technology, engineering and mathematics

7.The University of Cambridge 

The University of Cambridge

8.University College London

University College London

9.Imperial College London

Imperial College London

10. The University of Chicago 

The University of Chicago

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Graduates struggle to find jobs, with more than a third of them remaining unemployed one or two years after graduation, said the World Bank in its latest report -- a damning evidence of the poor state of the country’s education system.

“This indicates a major skills gap,” said the Washington-based multilateral lender in the report ‘Bangladesh Development Update October 2019: Tertiary Education and Job Skills’, which was launched yesterday at its office in Dhaka.

Only 19 percent of college graduates are employed full-time or part-time, while nearly half are unemployed.

Furthermore, female graduates are far more likely to be unemployed and out of study two years after graduation: 43 percent of the female university graduates remain unemployed in contrast to 37 percent male graduates.The Bangladesh Development Studies (BDS) is published quarterly by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). The journal contains original, innovative and thought-provoking (theoretical and empirical) contributions to the existing knowledge on Economics in general and development issues facing Bangladesh and other developing countries in particular. BIDS researchers as well as national and international scholars contribute to the journal.Occasionally, the BDS publishes special issues. However, the journal also contains reviews of recently published books on development. The BDS provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, academics, policy-makers and the concerned citizens with an interest in the research to explore and exchange knowledge, ideas, information and analyses on economic and social development issues and contributes significantly to extend developmental theory and new empirical information.  Founded in 1973, the BDS has become the leading Bangladeshi scholarly journal of Economics and other related social sciences devoted to the study of economic and development issues.About 46% of the total unemployed youth are university graduates. The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) also noted the rising unemployment rate among the relatively more educated labour force. 

On the other hand, a large number of foreigners -- mainly from India and Sri Lanka -- are working in various industrial sectors. This is happening because our local labour force lacks the required technical and managerial skills much-needed in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It shows that the quality of education in the existing system doesn’t match the needs of the current job market. The government should take the lead to work on ensuring quality education by upgrading the curriculum at all levels and also launch a separate Ministry for Human Resources which will make a database for assessing the needs of the industry and the number of students graduating every year.According to a report of BD Forbes , over 57% of the youth with university degrees, did not get any job within 6 months to 2 years of passing out. Among them 349.9% remained jobless for at least 6 months.

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Bangladesh has a population that exceeds to 160 million. When we think of Bangladesh, we think poverty, however in the last few years Bangladesh has made significant progress over the last few years in the economic sector. Bangladesh has been elevated from the low-income country (LIC) to the lower middle-income country.

However, the poor aren’t going anywhere.

There are many issues in Bangladesh such as political instability, malnutrition and the growing population that is threatening to undermine Bangladesh’s earned progress.

Still, we all tend to ask who the richest folks are in this country, what they do and how they gained wealth.

Quick Facts on the Wealth of Bangladeshi People

• In 2000, the wealth of people in Bangladesh possessed amounted to $78 billion. In 2015, the amount grew to $237 billion.
• Since 1975, the number of millionaires in Bangladesh has increased 492 times over the last three and a half decades.
• Bangladesh had 47 millionaires in 1975, but now Bangladesh has over 25,000 millionaires.
• According to Bangladesh Bank, as of 31st December 2009, 23,130 millionaires deposited 1,00,544 crore BDT with the banking sector.
• The amount of wealth owned by the richest in Bangladesh is worth over $15 billion, which accounts for over 6% of Bangladesh people’s overall wealth.

1. Moosa Bin Shamsher

Popularly known as “Prince Musa”, Mr Moosa is considered the richest person in Bangladesh. From time to time, he makes national headlines for his extravagant lifestyle.

Early Life

Moosa Bin Shamsher was born on 15th October 1945 in Faridpur, Bangladesh. He was a son of Shamsher Ali Molla. Mr Molla was a first-class officer in the British Indian Government. As a young student, Mossa showed exceptional brilliance. He passed his college life at Faridpur Rajendra College and went to California State University to study Economics.

Business Career

He founded DATCO; a manpower exporting company. DATCO remains an important company in exporting manpower. Besides exporting manpower, Moosa started investing in weapon and arm business. The venture quickly piled up his wealth. His net worth is over $12 billion.

Moosa founded DATCO, a manpower recruitment firm.^[4] Moosa claims to be an international arms dealer who made billions of dollars trading arms in the 1970s and 1980s. He claims that he accumulated $10 billion from trading in tanks, fighters jets, ICBMs, and power brokerages. He also claimed that he has around $7 billion in Swiss bank accounts that have been frozen due to irregular transactions.^[5] Moosa stated in 2019 that he wanted to bring over €20 billion to Bangladesh, including money that he earned doing business with Adnan Khashoggi.^[6] Moosa claims to have made a large amount of his fortune from the Iran–Iraq War.^[3] However, a government probe against him found that all his claims were baseless as Moosa couldn't provide any proof about his business dealings when questioned by the Bangladeshi ACC. An investigation also found that he had no Swiss bank account and barely had any assets in his name..

2. Salman F Rahman

A controversial figure and at times much disliked for his alleged involvement in Share Market looting, Salman F Rahman remains one of the richest persons in Bangladesh.

Early Career

Mr Salman and his brother, in 1966, picked up their family’s jute mill and started producing jute-based products. After the liberation war in 1971, the Bangladesh Government nationalized the mill.

BEXIMCO

In 1972, Salman and his brother founded the renowned company, known as Bangladesh Export Import Company (BEXIMCO). Under the company, they started exporting a multitude of products to Europe, with seafood and crushed bones being the main products. In 1976, Rahman brothers founded Beximco Pharma.

With a net worth of $1.3 billion, Salman F Rahman is the world’s 1,685th richest person.

3. Sayed Abul Hossain

A business mogul, yet so controversial; with a net worth of almost $1 billion, Abul Hossain is the 5th richest Bangladeshi.

Early Life

Sayed Abul Hossain was born on 1st October 1951. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s from Dhaka University. He is a member of the current ruling party, Bangladesh Awami League. He’s been serving as a member of the parliament since 1972.

Padma Bridge Scandal

In 2012, World Bank reported that Abul Hossain was one of the corruption conspirators in Padma Bridgetender. He also faces numerous allegations of being involved in corruption cases.

4. Ahmad Akbar Sobhan

He is the chairman and founder of one of the most valuable companies in Bangladesh and an important figure in the country’s business activities. With a net worth exceeding $500 million, Mr Sobhan is the ONE OF THE richest Bangladeshi.Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, is a Bangladeshi business magnate. He is the chairman of the business conglomerate Bashundhara Group.

Early Life and Career

Ahmad Akbar Sobhan was born on 15th February 1952. In 1978, Mr Sobhan started enterprise businesses and commercial trading. Under the parent company, East West Property Development (Pvt) Ltd., the group of businesses started their journey.

Bashundhara Group

He currently chairs the group of enterprises dealing with paper, steel and engineering, tissue, LP Gas, sanitary napkin, cement, multi-paper, food and beverage, galvanized iron pipe, etc. The group of industries is known as Bashundhara Group.

6. Giasuddin Al Mamun

If there was a competition for the people who used up political favour the most, then Giasuddin Mamun would have been a champion.

Giasuddin Al Mamun is a Bangladeshi businessman. He is a friend and business partner of the politician Tarique Rahman. Mamun has been in jail since 2007 due to his convictions on numerous corruption cases. He has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on 3 cases, 2 of which are for corruption.

Corruption Charges

He is often criticized for using his political influence to fuel his business ambitions. It is alleged that he was given loans at little to no interest rate and he paid nothing against the loans. He acquired wealth that is subject to investigations. The Anti-Corruption Commission in Bangladesh filed charges against him.

His net worth is $400 million.

7. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir

He became the laughing stock of Bangladesh after he theorised that activists of the opposition party were involved in tearing down Rana Plaza. His net worth is no laughing matter though. He acquired wealth that is worth $400 million.

Early Life

Mr Alamgir was born in 1942. He earned his PhD in economics from Boston University. He was the former state minister of home affairs. He attained various administrative positions during the tenure of Awami League Government.

8. Ragib Ali

Very popular for his philanthropic activities, Ragib Ali is also one of the richest Bangladeshis.

Early Life

He was born on 10 October 1938. He pursued his higher education in the United Kingdom. He is the epitome of a person starting from scratch and making it big. He started as an ordinary waiter, but through dint of hard work and honesty, he became a leading entrepreneur.

Career

Mr Ali leads Sylhet Tea Company Ltd. and owns several other tea estates in Chittagong and Sylhet. He’s the founder of numerous educational institutions. His net worth is $250 million.

9. Iqbal Ahmed

With a net worth of $250 million, Iqbal Ahmed is the 10th richest Bangladeshi. He is a Bangladeshi-born British entrepreneur.

Early Life

He was born on 4th August 1956. He studied at the City College in Westminster. His source of fortune is the importation of shrimp. He leads two companies, named Seamark and Ibco. The companies deal with the hotel and real estate development, shipping, food, and hospitality.

Bottom Line – of the world’s billionaires, few still hail from poverty-ridden countries. Bangladesh is the stark example. The richest in Bangladesh also prove you don’t have to born into wealth to gain wealth. By dint of assiduity, industry and entrepreneurial skill, you can surely gain success.

Staff Correspondent

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• Bangladesh-born Muhammed Aziz Khan is the chairman of Summit Group.
• Summit has interests in power, ports, fibre optics and real estate.
• In 2019, Khan sold a 22% stake in Summit Power International to Japan's JERA for $330 million, which valued the company at $1.5 billion.
• His daughter, Ayesha, runs Summit Power International.