Friendship school graduate earns a place in BUET

Friendship school graduate earns a place in BUET

Mahbubur Rahman, from char Sidhai, has excelled in every public university examination he sat for By Tahmeed Chaudhury Growing up, Mahbubur Rahman had to shift homes five times due to land erosion. Born in a remote hard-to-reach char (shifting sandbar islands), he...

Char voices echo in the European parliament

Two Friendship school students from marginalised char families participate in the European Youth Event (EYE) in France; travels to Luxembourg as well by Tahmeed Chaudhury  Born on shifting river islands (chars) of the Brahmaputra, Mosammat Rupali Khatun and Mosammat...

Empowering Girls Through Education

EGE, a five-year programme to empower girls in rural communities concludes by Friendship News Desk in October 2018, a programme was launched to help the educational and socio-economic development of female/girl children in rural Bangladesh, through the use of...
The Long Road to Med School

The Long Road to Med School

Friendship primary school student overcomes a life of struggle and uncertainty to gain admission at the Rangpur Medical College by Tahmeed Chaudhury Ashadul Islam’s family lost everything and relocated thrice in his lifetime due to river erosion. At 15, he had to...
Char Women Set Foot on the Stairway of Dreams

Char Women Set Foot on the Stairway of Dreams

Mostofa Rony (The Daily Ittefaq) Despite the onset of modernity in the country, the dismal situation in the riverine deltas (chars) remains the same, where deprivation and lack of access are the char-dwellers’ constant companions. Where the most basic needs remain...