Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Marjana Akter has been selected as the first Bangladeshi female researcher for the 2025 United Nations Young Women for Biosecurity Fellowship. Among 193 UN member countries, only 10 young women worldwide were chosen, and Marjana is one of them.

The fellowship is organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to mark the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). It aims to promote the peaceful use of biological sciences and raise global awareness of biosecurity, reports BSS.The closing ceremony of this year's fellowship will be held in December in Geneva, Switzerland, where top global researchers and policymakers will attend. Representing Bangladesh at such an event is a historic...