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Bangladesh can unlock new growth with ethical, data-ready AI: Salesforce MD

For nearly three decades, Arun Kumar Parameswaran has worked across multiple regions, building a career that mirrors the rapid global shifts in technology and digital transformation. Now, as the Executive Vice-President and Managing Director for Salesforce in South Asia, he is turning that experience toward one of the region’s fastest-growing digital markets: Bangladesh.
10 December 2025, 05:27 AM

High-performance computing: a path forward for Bangladesh

In this conversation, Professor Torsten Hoefler, a globally recognised expert in supercomputing, Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, and recipient of the 2024 ACM Prize in Computing, shares his insights on the potential of HPC to catalyse development in Bangladesh.
7 October 2025, 04:28 AM

Building tomorrow's internet: Zaheduzzaman Sarker on Bangladesh's digital blind spot

As protocols evolve and networks transform, Bangladesh's absence from global standards development could cost the nation its digital future. In an exclusive interview, ANM Zaheduzzaman Sarker, Principal Standardisation Lead and Chief Architect for Transport Networks at Nokia, discusses his journey from Bangladesh to becoming a key figure in global internet standards development.
15 July 2025, 04:18 AM

Made-in-Bangladesh AI: The roadblocks and the future

Intelligent Machines, a Dhaka-based company that provides enterprise AI products and data science services, has etched itself as a notable name in Bangladesh's AI-based tech industry. We recently caught up with Mohammad Oli Ahad, the founder and CEO of Intelligent Machines, to learn more about the company’s mission, technological triumphs, and the strategies propelling it forward. 
23 September 2023, 03:00 AM