We’ve all heard of postmortem. It’s usually associated with homicide which gives the word its grim aura. But what about premortem? Before getting into it, let’s think of the times you’ve failed in life. How many times have you thought that if you had done things differently, the outcome could’ve been different? It is something that applies to every sphere of life, be it personal, social, career, or business. That’s where premortem analysis comes in.  What is Premortem Analysis?  Growing up, we’ve all heard “Prevention is better than cure”. It essentially signifies that it is important to identify and consider potential failures before doing something as it reduces the chance of failure.  Premortem analysis is a strategic planning technique used to identify potential risks and pitfalls in a project, decision, or course of action before it is implemented. It is the opposite of postmortem analysis which works to understand what went wrong after the conclusion of a project.  Read more: What is Your Desired Salary? How to Answer Recruitment’s Trickiest Question Ways to Anticipate Failure by Premortem Analysis It's easy to look back and see what went wrong in the process. But the same isn’t true when it comes to anticipating failure. It requires rigorous work with precedence, potential scenarios, and alternatives to assess the risk level and ways to mitigate it.  To better illustrate the steps of premortem analysis, let us consider a retail company called Terry’s Grocery. Terry’s Grocery wants to open a new location in a new city. Here’s what an ideal premortem analysis of the store would look like. 

In recent years, Olympiad competitions are becoming increasingly popular in Bangladesh to promote education and encourage students to explore their interests in various subjects. These competitions not only allow students to showcase their knowledge and skills but also help foster a spirit of healthy competition and encourage academic excellence. Let’s explore some of the most popular Olympiad competitions in Bangladesh and how they are helping to shape the future of education in the country. What is an Olympiad? The term "Olympiad" typically refers to an international competition or contest in a particular academic or intellectual field. These competitions often bring together high-performing students from around the world to showcase their skills and knowledge in subjects like mathematics, science, and language arts. Olympiads can be organized by governments, universities, or other educational institutions, and may include multiple rounds of competition, written exams, and other evaluation methods. Winning an Olympiad is often seen as an achievement and can open up opportunities for further education or career advancement. In Bangladesh, various Olympiads are held each year, covering topics such as mathematics, science, biology, information technology, etc. Read More: Initiating students to the ‘Smart Bangladesh’ vision: Nat’l STEAM Olympiad to start on March 15 8 Popular Olympiads in Bangladesh Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad The Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee (BdMOC) was established in April 2001, and it organizes annual countrywide mathematics festivals that run for several months. The festivals are open to students in schools and colleges up to class XII and usually occur between December and February.  BdMOC has worked tirelessly with Prothom Alo newspaper and Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) to achieve its primary goal, which is to send a team to the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) with a gold medal. Bangladeshi students have been participating in the IMO since 2005.  This year's mathematical Olympiad will be held through a combination of offline and online events, and registration is mandatory, even for students who have participated in previous years. Registration is online, and details can be found at the official website of BdMOC. The first round is a selection Olympiad, which will be conducted online.  Students who pass this round will be selected for the regional Olympiad which will be held offline in 30 different venues. Winners of the regional Olympiads will be invited to attend the National Olympiad. Several initiatives have been taken to improve the quality of the academic team, logistics, and infrastructure to achieve this goal. Registration is free and open to all students. Read More: Chess Olympiad: Bangladesh beat stronger Czech Republic in 3rd round Bangladesh Physics Olympiad The Bangladesh Physics Olympiad (BDPHO) is a prestigious annual competition that aims to identify and nurture talented students with a passion for physics. The competition is organized by the Bangladesh Physics Olympiad Committee, which was established in 2011. The committee comprises a group of physics enthusiasts, educators, and experts who aim to promote physics education in Bangladesh and prepare students for international physics competitions.

If you want to be a perfect programmer, you have to learn and improve your coding skills continuously. Coding contests can be the best help to serve that purpose. Whether they are coding competitions or programming competitions, these events allow students or hobbyists to demonstrate their skills and compete with programmers from across the globe. This article examines the best programming contests for developers throughout the globe. 10 Top International Programming Contests Most coding contests are held online so that participants from around the globe may participate. Coding and programming contests include hackathons too, which are the finest strategies to boost your productivity. The International Collegiate Programming Competitions (ACM-ICPC) Each year, the Alpha Chapter of the UPE Computer Science Honor Society hosts ACM-ICPC stands for the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Competitions. It is regarded as the world's oldest, biggest, and most prestigious programming competition. Read More: What is the Best Programming Language to Learn First? The scope of this initiative spans 80 nations and six continents. The competition promotes collaboration, originality, and innovation in developing and implementing new software applications that allow students to assess their skills. HackerRank HackerRank counts five million engineers who have completed more than twenty-one million code tasks. The platform evaluates talents through algorithms, machine learning, and artificial intelligence-related competitions. Solve the programming challenges in the Competition section and use HackerRank to apply for employment. HackerRank further hosts regular hackathons with cash prizes and contests sponsored by prominent technology businesses. Read More: BUET team becomes Asia West Champion in Moscow programming contest TopCoder TopCoder is quickly becoming the premier coding competition league. Once a week, TopCoder members compete online, and twice a year, both online and in-person. The Topcoder Open is their yearly programming and design competition. The top-ranked users on TopCoder are exceptional competitive programmers who often participate in programming contests. The TopCoder network accepts challenges from global leaders like IMB, Google, and eBay. Coding Competitions by Google Google's coding contests are incredibly fun and difficult and may test a coder's global knowledge. Participants from across the globe may register for this tournament. Google Code Jam is an international programming contest where contestants are required to solve issues in a limited period. Read More: Free Online Basic Programming Courses for Beginners Each year, these coding challenges are hosted in three separate tournaments. This Google coding competition accelerates your learning and is among the most prestigious coding contests in the world. Coderbyte Coderbyte offers over 200 coding tasks that may be solved online in one of ten programming languages. The difficulties vary from simple to difficult. In addition, they provide an assortment of algorithm lessons, introduction films, and job preparation courses. In contrast to HackerRank and other similar services, Coderbyte allows you to browse the solutions provided by other users in addition to the official solutions released by Coderbyte. Read More: ACM-ICPC programming contest begins The ICFP Competitions Since 1998, the ICFP, or International Conference on Functional Programming, has been conducted yearly. It is a three-day, no-entry-fee coding competition that is very difficult. The participant may compete from any place, and there is no minimum team size requirement. The team will have seventy-two hours to finish and submit their online submission. The purpose of this competition is to highlight the programming languages and tools that the competitors appreciate the most. Code Forces Codeforces is an online platform that offers programming contests. Due to its engaging features, it is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. This is one of the best programming contests to enter. The polygon feature for developing and evaluating challenges and social networking through internal public blogs. The competitors are ranked according to their evaluations. Read More: Game-based Programming: Best Coding Games for Children CodeChef CodeChef is an Indian-based website for competitive programming that offers several challenges. You may create code in their online editor and explore a collection of tasks sorted into categories based on your degree of expertise. They have a vast community of programmers participating in CodeChef's coding contests, contributing to the forums, and producing tutorials. Facebook Hacker Cup Hacker Cup is an annual international programming competition hosted by Facebook and available to contestants from all around the globe. This is one of the best programming contests to enter. These coding contests emphasize problem-solving and algorithmic coding abilities to proceed through each year's online rounds; those who reach the worldwide finals will win the big prize. LeetCode LeetCode is one of the biggest technology communities, with millions of engaged members. It offers participants different weekly and bimonthly programming contests. This is also helpful for job interview preparation; LeetCode also offers discussion forums. Read More: 10 university students win Samsung Coding Contest In addition, it organizes 90-minute competitions in which you may answer the tasks in its online editor, often known as the playground, using any of the supported languages. Conclusion Coding competitions resemble free markets. Consider them not just as gladiatorial battlefields but also as real-world classrooms where you may learn from your errors via immediate feedback. Companies have implemented these competitions as recruiting platforms to find the finest candidates and save money. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that major IT companies have their competitions, such as the yearly Code Jam, Microsoft's Imagine Cup, and many others. So far, we have listed the 10 best global coding contests. You can participate in these contests to hone your programming skill. Happy coding! Read More: Top 10 In-demand Tech Skills Freshers Should Learn

Turki Al al-Sheikh, chairman of Saudi Arabian General Entertainment Authority (GEA), revealed on Saturday that Saudi Idol, a new iteration of the popular global “Idol” talent competition series, will debut before the end of this year. Al-Sheikh announced in a tweet that the first episode of the new show, which will debut in conjunction with Saudi Arabia’s GEA and MBC Group, will air in December this year. Filming is set to start next month, Al Arabiya reported. Read:‘Illegal immigrants’ stealing jobs in India's Bollywood? Popular Saudi Singers Aseel Abu Bakr, Ahlam, Asala, and Majid al-Mohandes are some of the stars on the new show’s jury, which will look for Saudi talent. According to Al Arabiya, Saudi Idol’s live shows and auditions will be televised on MBC 1.

Grameenphone and Banglalink are the two main competitors in Bangladesh's mobile phone service sector when it comes to quality and capabilities, according to a report by Opensignal. Opensignal, a company that monitors and analyses the overall performance of mobile services, has published the "Network Experience Report" on the mobile sector in Bangladesh considering the data from April 1 to June 29 this year. The company categorised the different aspects of mobile services of Banglalink, Grameenphone, Robi and Teletalk into 10 metrics under three categories – overall experience, coverage, and consistency.

A three-member team from Bangladesh has won the Unilever Future Leaders' League competition, a business case competition that connects students from all over the world. With this win, Bangladesh holds two champions and three runners-up trophies of the Unilever Future Leaders' League. The global competition aims to create a "better business and a better world through empowering the youth" to solve real-life business challenges. This year over 54,000 applications were received from 45 universities globally. Abrar Mahir Ahmed, Afnan Sayed and Rafsaan Muhab Shams won the award after competing with 23 countries in the final round. All three of them are now management trainees of Unilever. Rafsaan is an alumnus of Dhaka University's Institute of Business Administration, and Abrar and Afnan are alumni of North South University. As the winners, they will receive a career development opportunity of an all-inclusive trip to the Unilever headquarters in London. In Bangladesh, the opportunity to participate in this global forum is awarded to the champions of BizMaestros – the flagship business competition of Unilever Bangladesh. Read: 'The Dependables' wins Unilever BizMaestros 2021 From 340 students of undergraduate final years, the BizMaestros finalists had to go through multiple rounds with increasing levels of challenges to solve. Through these rounds, the participants were provided with hands-on training from managers, learning sessions with real business cases and mentorship from leaders of Unilever. Mohammad Zaved Akhtar, chief executive officer and managing director of Unilever Bangladesh, said: "It is a moment of pride for Unilever Bangladesh to witness our talented team's glorious win in the Unilever Future Leaders' League competition. The team showcased their skills and talent on an international platform and upheld the Bangladesh flag."

Mahbub Alam Khan emerged as the champion in the call bridge competition of the Walton-Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) Sports Carnival in Dhaka Saturday. At the BSJA office at the Bangabandhu National Stadium premises, Tariqul Islam Sajal of Dhaka Post finished runner-up while Nur Uddin of SA Television earned third place. BSJA General Secretary Anisur Rahman, tournament committee convener Raiham Al Mugni and tournament secretary Robiul Islam were present. The swimming competition of the carnival will be held Sunday at 12pm at the Ivy Rahman Swimming Pool. The chess competition will also be held on the same day at 1:30pm at the BSJA office. Read: Sayeeduzzaman, Anisur elected as BSJA president, secretary

The South Korean Embassy in Dhaka Saturday announced the winners of the K-pop contests in Dhaka. The event was organised by the embassy in collaboration with the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).Many talented Bangladeshi people, especially youngsters, interested in Korean culture and K-pop participated in the event. Eighty-six videos were submitted on K-pop performances this year. Twelve teams – Omada, Noor E Saba, Mahfuz Ahmed Mahee, Ruquiyah Binte Kalam, Mavericks, Zafrin Siddiqui, After Game, Knight Sisters, A-Maze, Savage Girls, RaRaLava, and Rumaisa Islam – were selected for the stage performance today at the IUB auditorium. Mavericks won the first prize. Savage Girls and RaRaLava became second runners-up. Rumaisa Islam and Knight Sisters earned third place. These five best teams were awarded at the performance stage.The K-pop World Festival 2022 will be held in September in South Korea's Changwon after taking stock of the Covid-19 situation. The national winners of Bangladesh will be recommended to the K-Pop World Festival 2022 organiser for its final selection for an invitation to the festival. If selected by the organiser, they will be invited to the global competition in Changwon. South Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun said this is the first physical K-Pop event arranged by the Embassy after the K-Pop contests were held online for two consecutive years. Ambassador Lee highly appreciated all those Bangladesh young girls and boys who showed great interest in K-pop by participating in the contest. Professor Tanweer Hasan, vice-chancellor of IUB, was present as the special guest, and Syed Ashik Rahman, CEO of RTV, as a judge. The South Korean Embassy in Dhaka regularly holds various cultural events, such as Korean film festivals, taekwondo competitions, and K-pop contests, to deepen the mutual understanding between South Koreans and Bangladeshis through culture and strengthen bilateral ties. As Bangladesh and South Korea will celebrate 50 years of their diplomatic ties next year, the embassy will host more dynamic cultural events to commemorate deepened bilateral friendship. The mission encouraged more talented Bangladeshi youths to participate in the next year's K-pop contests.

A competition titled 'Youth Led Innovation Lab' has awarded youth-led three business plans. The competition was organized recently by Save the Children in Bangladesh with the participation of youths from Dhaka, Cox's Bazar, Moulvibazar, Sylhet and Satkhira districts.  The first, second and third winners were selected through a final competition, said a media release on Sunday. The team- ‘Coco- Shar’ won the first position for innovating the business model of producing organic manures for Urban-Agriculture with useless items of household.  A total of five teams have been awarded in the three positions. Winning the first position team Coco-Shar received Tk 2 lakh from Save the Children in Bangladesh.  The second winning team Satkhira Swapna Konnya received Tk 1 lakh while teams Ureka Group, Moulavibazar Bijwala and Sholo Ana Khati Dudh won Tk 1 lakh each winniung third position jointly. Md. Azharul Islam Khan, Director General, Department of Youth Development, joined the final selection ceremony as the chief guest. READ: Chevron partners with Save the Children to launch integrated support for children with disabilities "In all your efforts and initiatives, Department of Youth Development promises to support you. Don’t look for job; I believe you all are capable to create employment opportunities for more youths. I am overwhelmed with your ideas and innovations. I wish your success,” he said. The competition began with the announcement in and around Save the Children's project area at the five districts. The seven teams were - Ureka Group (Dhaka), Coco-Shar (Dhaka), Sylhet Learning and Earning (Sylhet), Moulavibazar Bijwala (Moulavibazar), Jagoroni Social Enterprise Hub (Moulavibazar), Satkhira Swapna Konnya (Satkhira), Sholo Ana Khati Dudh (Satkhira), Sagor Parer Hostoshilpo (Cox’s Bazar).

The Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) will organise a rapid chess competition for children Thursday to celebrate the 102nd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day. The competition for boys and girls will start at 9am in the conference room of the Old National Sports Council Building. READ: National Chess: GM Enamul Hossain Razib emerges unbeaten champion The winners of the seven-round Swiss-league competition will get a cash prize of Tk50,000. All participating players have been asked to be present in the playing room by 9am.