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Activations and workshops of Bangladesh Robot Olympiad, World Robot Olympiad Bangladesh and International Junior Science Olympiad will be held at public libraries across the country this year. And with this arrangement, public libraries will become the center of new knowledge science. An agreement was signed between Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) and the British Council Library Unlimited Project at the World Literature Center in Dhaka on 2 March, 2020. Cortesy Crawford, project director of Library Unlimited and vice president of BDOSN, professor of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering department of Dhaka University Dr. Lafifa Jamal signed the agreement on behalf of their organization.

Raising awareness on safety issues among the youth is now the only way to prevent online harassment to girls and women. To reduce the online risk and vulnerability on cyber harassment, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) run a campaign named Take Back The Tech. Under this initiative, BdOSN organize a day long activity at Cox's Bazar in the eve of International Women Day on 8^th March, 2020.

Eight women have been recognised by The Business Standard for their outstanding role in business across Bangladesh at a programme organised to mark this year’s International Women’s Day today. They have lit the path of success for other women to follow, with extraordinary courage and perseverance. The tales of their journey are hoped to spread the message that women are able to overcome all barriers in any endeavour -- be it setting up of an agricultural firm, a hospital or running a shop of motor parts.  

In the current age of information technology, Bangladesh needs equal participation of men and women to move ahead. The prerequisite for ensuring this participation is the skilled women in information technology. Therefore, the Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) has organized some skill development programs for girls in Comilla to encourage women to acquire skills. A programming camp and a job preparation workshop were organized at CCN University of Science and Technology in Comilla. Female students of the university participated in the events.

“Not just if you have an idea, in fact success will come if we take the initiative to make it happen in reality. Idea is just a primary phase of entrepreneurship”- at the concluding address of the Innovation and Entrepreneur Boot Camp organized for girls, Dr. Lafifa Jamal, Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics Department of Dhaka University said this. The three-day “Girl's Innovation and Entrepreneur Bootcamp” organized by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) at Lalmatia, Dhaka, ended on February 29, by learning the various principles of reaching the peak of success in Entrepreneurship. 

It is almost impossible to survive in the workplace without the acquisition of information technology based skills. Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) has been working to prepare female students for the job market from their education level. As part of this, the two-day CSE Carnival ended at Mymensingh Engineering College with the initiative of the Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) and the Alpha Science Lab of Mymensingh Engineering College and College.

We are living in such an era where life is just nothing without the basic knowledge of technology. In fact, it is very hard to survive in the job market without IT based education. To compete with the new era we have to be prepared. For this it is very much important to train up our younger generation. By thinking all of these, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) organized a daylong Event on 24^th February at Green University of Bangladesh.

Without information & technology based skills, it is very much difficult to survive in job sector. To prepare the students for their better future a two-day long CSE Fest has been completed at Sylhet Engineering College. Under this fest Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) organised some skill development programs to explore new opportunities in ICT based workplace and to provide a bsic concept about required skills to survive in this modern world of technology. 

Having practical knowledge for a successful professional career, Job exposure Visit is a must in the present context.  In this respect, a Job Exposure Visit can serve the purposes aligned to it by the motto of “Seeing is believing”. Recently ESDG project of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) has organized several Job Exposure Visits to several renowned IT companies of Bangladesh with the female students of different universities.