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Out of the 8 finalists, Saima Mehedi Khan. and Samin Alam from IBA, Dhaka University have won tickets to Oslo at the Grand Finale of Telenor Youth Forum, 2018 (TYF), held on Sunday at GPHouse.
The winners of TYF 2018 will head off to Oslo, Norway, in December 2018 to join TYF delegates from seven other Telenor BU countries.
Telecom and ICT Minister Mr. Mustafa Jabbar was present at the ceremony as Chief Guest.
Telenor Group, in partnership with the Nobel Peace Center, offers an opportunity for young people, aged from 18 to 28, from eight countries where Telenor has operations, to step up and present impactful ideas that can alter lives at the Telenor Youth Forum every year. This year’s theme for the grand event was ‘Bright Minds Reducing Inequalities’.
The Bangladesh selection round for the sixth edition of TYF was organized by Grameenphone.
Over 1400 applications were screened to select 60 applicants who presented their idea on September 4 and September 5, 2018 at GP House to win the seven coveted spots in the TYF Grand Finale, said a statement.
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