BSS, Dhaka :
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the former captain of Bangladesh cricket team, was named amongst the 112 Young Global Leaders for 2021 by World Economic Forum.
The World Economic Forum said that aside from cricket, Mashrafe, also a lawmaker of Narial-2 Constituency from the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League, has also played a significant role in helping people move out of the poverty trap in his hometown of Narail in southwestern Bangladesh.
He launched the Narail Express Foundation, which looks to achieve six goals: offer modern facilities for citizens and a specialized education system, help start an ethical and humane education system, create employment opportunities, increase cultural activities, provide sports training, set up a tourism hub in Chitra river, and transform Narail into an information and communications technology and environmentally friendly town.
Mashrafe’s role to combat against deadly virus Covid-19 also played a role in selecting him.
The World Economic Forum said, over the past year, the world has dealt first hand with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, systemic inequalities, discrepancies in our healthcare systems, economic downturns and education shifting to digital.
While many leaders call on the need to ‘fix’ what is broken, the more urgent need is to take immediate action. Young leaders around the world are leading by example and paving the way for action on these issues.
Each year, the Forum of Young Global Leaders goes through a rigorous selection process to identify, select and commemorate remarkable leaders under 40 who come from different communities and industries worldwide. These young leaders exemplify what we need most today: hope, empathy, authenticity and the drive to develop solutions that can change the world for the better.
