Posing for a photograph wearing a mask of Young Bangla, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has advanced the cause of the country's largest youth platform Young Bangla.  In a Facebook post, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, a trustee of Center For Reserach and Information that oversees activities of Young Bangla, posted the photo with his mother Sheikh Rehana and his aunt Sheikh Hasina.  Newly added members for Young Bangla, reads the post in caption.  Activists of the youth platform, comprising over 12,500 volunteers, are overwhelmed to get the prime minister as their latest member.  Launched in 2014, Young Bangla has been acting as a flexible space for the youth to come together into a network and collectively strive for achieving personal and national goals through sharing and cooperation. Under one of its flagship initiative Joy Bangla Youth Award, named after the historic pro-Liberation wartime slogan Joy Bangla, the platform has so far recognized, groomed and showcased as many as 135  youth-led organizations READ: Young Bangla gathers young artists to share their pandemic experiences Through the award, Young Bangla is not just recognizong the efforts of youths in transforming the society but also enhancing the impact of the services they are already doing to their communities. Joy Bangla Youth Award is the first of its kind in Bangladesh to offer a platform to the country's young changemakers, even from remote areas, so that they are exposed to the climate that best harnesses their talents. The youth organizations that were previously working on individual levels are now united through this organization and their points are placed across to the policymakers, according to media reports.  Young Bangla has set the precedence of portraying history and advancing the spirit of the Liberation War through creative forms of storytelling such as Joy Bangla Concert, a remarkable music extravaganza in celebration of historic March 7 speech.  Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended Joy Bangla Concert, paying tribute to the Father of the Nation's 7th March speech. Young Bangla members, numbering around 200,000, are elated and proud to have Sheikh Hasina supporting their cause, which is evident in their social media posts.

Young Bangla, a youth platform in Bangladesh, will share the findings of a situation analysis on women’s safety in public places at a webinar to be held on Thursday evening.  The website of the Women's Safety in Public Places (WSPP) will also be launched today.  Read: DNCC teams up with Young Bangla to make masses embrace masks Recently, Young Bangla youths have conducted the situation analysis through consulting different stakeholders in 10 districts. Unveiling the campaign website will help connect a wider audience through virtual medium. The organizers will share the real scenario of women’s safety such as; practicing norms, people’s perspectives, role of different stakeholders and most importantly the role of youth to eliminate malpractices and to sensitize the broader community. Read:Young Bangla gathers young artists to share their pandemic experiences Ten youth organizations have conducted Focus Group Discussion (FGD), Stakeholder Analysis, and Case Study Analysis in 10 districts. This analysis enabled them to reflect on the situation of harassment against women in their respective communities throughout April of 2021 amid the pandemic with following health protocols.  Read: Coronavirus: CRI’s Young Bangla raises awareness among volunteers Habibur Rahaman from CRI is going to share the summary of the findings. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak will grace the virtual event as chief guest.