Published on 12:00 AM, September 26, 2016

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Rafsan and Ramim to go to Telenor Youth Forum 2016 at Oslo

The Fourth episode of the Telenor Youth Forum (TYF) in Bangladesh sees Rafsan Sabab Khan and Ramim Ahmed both students of IBA, University of Dhaka selected for the global event in Norway. The Telenor Youth Forum, in partnership with the Nobel Peace Center, offers an opportunity for young people, aged 18 to 28, from 13 countries to step up and present impactful ideas that can alter lives. The theme for this year's TYF is 'Digitalization for Peace'. Bangladeshi selection round was arranged by Grameenphone with Grand Finale held on September 21, 2016. This year's winning ideas are 'One Young World,' a site encourages the creation of reach out networks for the youth to bridge towards meaningful connectivity and "We are 1" a crowd-funding platform that helps communities across the world connect for a united cause to help disadvantaged or distressed communities in need of support.