A discussion Session jointly organized by British Council, Dhaka and BU Forum for Social Development was conducted on October 09, 2005. I7 students from BU Forum for Social Development participated in the one-hour discussion session. Dr. C. R Abrar, Professor, International Relations, University of Dhaka, was the keynote speaker. Professor Abrar conducted a study on the extent to which the Youth in Bangladesh feel connected to social issues. As part of the study he was holding a series of focus group discussions with students of various public and private universities, in Dhaka, Sylhet, Chittagong and Rajshahi. The session started with a short briefing on the topic and later on the students were asked to fill in a short questionnaire.