Australia Alumni Association Bangladesh

Classes become safe and inclusive when students can express themselves with confidence. Margret (Bangladesh), Lin Lin and Thi Thi (both are from Myanmar) shared their experience of doing Master of Education specializing in Leadership & Management together at Flinders University as Australia Awards Scholars. Recognising the challenge in English, they sought the support of the English Language Support Program to improve in Read More …

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” The 2019 Economic Sciences Laureates have shown how the problem of global poverty can be tackled by breaking it down into Read More …

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Her Excellency Julia Niblett, has highlighted the importance of the trade relationship between Australia and Bangladesh at a recent Australia Awards alumni networking event held at the Australian High Commission in Dhaka. She expressed hope that Australia Awards alumni will continue to use their Australian experiences in their roles, as ambassadors for intra-regional trade, connectivity Read More …

Participants of the third delivery of #AustraliaAwards Short Course on Countering Violent Extremism – Using Social Media to Counter Radicalisation recently attended their pre-departure briefing in Dhaka. This short course will enable participants to examine the role of social media in the radicalisation process and explore recent initiatives to counter online threats. Participants are encouraged to develop strategies for the deployment of Read More …

Australia Awards alumna Farzana Chowdhury is a woman with many career achievements. She is Bangladesh’s first-ever woman CEO in the insurance and financial sector. Early this year, she received an award for contributions towards the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 at the ‘She Rockers MyEO Women Summit and SDG Awards 2019’ (SDG 5 relates to Read More …