DHAKA: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has advanced to the regional finals of 6th annual Hult Prize in response to former US president Bill Clinton’s '’Early Childhood Education - the Unmet Need of the Century'’.

The Hult Prize has recently announced the winning team, “Halcyon”, from BUET that has advanced to the 6th annual regional finals of the competition.

The Hult Prize is a crowd sourcing platform for social good, named one of the top five ideas changing the world by Bill Clinton and TIME Magazine.

In partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative, the innovative crowd sourcing platform identifies and launches disruptive and catalytic social ventures that aim to solve the planets most pressing challenges, says a press release on Saturday.

This year, the Hult Prize is focused around finding solutions for the millions of slum dwellers around the world that are affected by '’Early Childhood Education - the Unmet Need of the Century'’ – a challenge selected by Bill Clinton.

The winning team members from BUET include Muntaseer Bunian, Prattay Deepta Kairy, Moinul Islam, Arif Istiaque Khan, and Rajat Ghosh.

BDST: 1313 HRS, NOV 01, 2014