Trends / The story behind Zaineen Karim’s crimson Fondazione Prada look
22 September 2026
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Life & Living
19-year-old Bangladeshi researcher wins award at World Water Challenge 2026
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Technology
Six modern safety habits every parent needs today
21 September 2026
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Relationships & Family
Perspective / The real reason Dhaka’s women-only buses are running empty
21 September 2026
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Life & Living
Next Step / How to make LinkedIn work for you before graduation
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Technology
OpenAI and Anthropic press Australia to soften AI copyright ban
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Technology
Why lightweight printed sarees are the ultimate everyday wear
21 September 2026
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Life & Living
Opinion / Can fluency in English be a measure of intelligence?
20 September 2026
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Campus
Dhaka’s office lunch: What are we actually eating?
20 September 2026
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Health & Fitness
Cooking with sugarcane
20 September 2026
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Food & Recipes
Unitree shares surge sixfold in Shanghai debut, valuing robot maker at $50 billion
Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, saw its shares climb nearly sixfold on its first day of trading in Shanghai, marking a landmark moment for the country’s robotics sector, according to a recent Reuters report.
19 August 2026
Bangladesh's construction procurement still runs on phone calls and Whatsapp. This startup wants to change that
Dhaka-based startup ProQ has launched an online procurement platform aimed at bringing more of Bangladesh’s construction and interior materials purchasing process onto a single digital system.
18 August 2026
Bangladeshi scientist receives UK exploration award for Nepal Indigenous knowledge project
Abdullah Rubaet Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi social scientist, has received the SES Elodie Sandford Award from the UK-based Scientific Exploration Society (SES) for a planned research expedition documenting Indigenous ecological knowledge in Nepal’s Himalayan Mustang region.
18 August 2026
ByteDance and Motion Picture Association signs AI copyright agreement
ByteDance and the Motion Picture Association signed an agreement to strengthen copyright protections on AI video and image models like Seedance and Seedream.
18 August 2026
The A level grading system explained
A guide to A level grades, UMS, and PUM.
17 August 2026
Meet the girls breaking barriers through skateboarding
Empower young girls in Dhaka through Bangladesh Street Kids Aid, where skateboarding transforms street-involved youth in Korail by building confidence, providing education, breaking gender barriers, and inspiring dreams of reaching the Olympics.
17 August 2026
Instagram updates its wordmark for the first time in a decade
Instagram unveiled a redesigned, sharper wordmark logo—its first update in nearly a decade—drawing mixed reactions over its stylized cursive letterforms.
17 August 2026
Investors sue Selena Gomez and Wondermind, alleging fraud and broken promises
Investors filed a fraud lawsuit against Selena Gomez and her mother over the collapse of Wondermind, alleging $1.2 million was lost to unfulfilled commitments.
17 August 2026
The people behind Dhaka’s unlikely skateboard revolution
Overcome urban challenges through Bangladesh Street Kids Aid in Dhaka, where street-involved youth like Reshma Akter learn skateboarding to escape child marriage and substance abuse while developing essential life skills, confidence, and community resilience.
17 August 2026
Giving children a voice through fashion
Empower underprivileged youth through Bangladesh Street Kids Aid, where creative professionals at Kay Kraft and Craftsman Footwear transformed street children's drawings into custom fashion, fostering confidence, self-expression, and freedom through skateboarding and personalized style.
17 August 2026
Nvidia's $500 billion plan to keep ageing GPUs valuable is a gamble with its own balance sheet
Nvidia backed a $500 billion AI data center initiative with a 25% collateral value guarantee to create a secondary market for aging GPUs.
17 August 2026
Competency based BCS viva: how candidates can prepare
Bangladesh's civil service recruitment system is moving towards a competency-based approach to the viva voce, changing the emphasis from what candidates know to how they have applied their skills in real-world situations.
17 August 2026
AI coding startup Cognition in talks to raise new round at $40 billion valuation
Cognition is in talks for a new funding round at a $40 billion valuation as its AI coding agent Devin approaches $1 billion in annualised revenue.
17 August 2026
Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $400 million
European vibe-coding startup Lovable confirmed a $400 million Series C funding round at a $13.3 billion valuation to expand its AI app development platform.
17 August 2026
Astronomers discover a black hole pretending to be a star
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope identified MoM-BH*-1, a "black hole star" that may explain the mysterious "little red dots" in the early universe.
17 August 2026
AI backlash is a crisis of trust, says Anthropic CEO
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei recently said in a series of posts on X that public hostility toward artificial intelligence reflects a deeper erosion of trust in institutions, rather than safety warnings from industry leaders.
17 August 2026
SpaceX completes acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor
SpaceX has officially completed its $60 billion acquisition of AI coding assistant startup Cursor, integrating its team and technology into the SpaceXAI division.
16 August 2026
Claude will watermark AI text. Here’s how it works
Anthropic detailed how its invisible text watermarking system for Claude models works to comply with EU AI Act transparency rules.
16 August 2026
Chowrasta brings Bangladesh’s hip-hop community together
Celebrate hip-hop's fifty-third anniversary through Chowrasta, a Dhaka cultural gathering hosted by Street Spirit pioneers Bijoya Das and Sketch. Local breakers, rappers, graffiti artists, and DJs unite to transform street art into empowered Bangladesh storytelling.
16 August 2026
The hidden language we speak through jewellery
Discover how ancient shell beads and traditional ornaments evolved into symbolic communication. From African Maasai beadwork to Bangladeshi nose rings, handcrafted jewellery expresses unique identities, social status, and cultural connections across human history.
16 August 2026