Bangladesh
‘There wasn’t even a room — Dhanmondi Lake was e-CAB’s office’
In e-CAB’s twelfth anniversary month, its founder describes an association launched with no office, no minister in attendance and seven…
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Bangladesh
A clip-on that turns a stethoscope into a heart screening tool won Grameenphone’s AI contest
Three student teams took the prizes at the second FutureMakers final: a stethoscope attachment, a river erosion early-warning system and a…
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The hard part of greening a mobile network is that it never switches off
A feasibility study, not a supply contract. What makes it interesting is the choice to go through the national grid rather than put panels…
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Code written in Pallabi runs 6,200 travel businesses in more than 40 countries
Founded in Dhaka in 2013, it now has offices in three countries and a global headquarters in Singapore — but engineering and product work…
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A seal that breaks if a document is altered, aimed at the reason visas get refused
Germany’s ambassador says a few forged documents force officers to scrutinise every application. The argument here is that the distrust is…
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A village knowledge fair returns to Rampal after six years, and the theme is health
Running since 2004 and absent for six years, the fair mixes information technology, local knowledge and folk culture on a school field in…
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AI is writing code faster than anyone can check it, and that is Bangladesh’s export problem
An argument from the president of the Bangladesh Software Testing Board that buyers are purchasing trust, not lines of code — and that…
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A phone market survey from ৳9,999 to ৳3,63,000, and the word that decides the price
New models from Apple, Samsung, Vivo, Xiaomi, Tecno and Honor reached the market in the past month. The listing marks each price official…
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A security camera that claims 35 days on one charge, with no mains power and no Wi-Fi
A 10,400mAh battery, a 7.6W solar panel and a 4G radio, aimed at farms, building sites and warehouses where there is no socket to plug…
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The Redmi 17 5G arrives in Bangladesh at BDT 31,999, and the battery is the whole argument
A 7,500mAh battery with 45W charging, a 6.9-inch 120Hz display and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5, in a single 6GB/128GB configuration at BDT 31,999.
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Banglalink has launched Mukto Pay, and the part that reaches furthest needs no smartphone
Banglalink has launched a digital payment platform open to customers of any mobile operator, with a merchant app and a planned Bangla QR…
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The AI Business Summit opens in Dhaka today, and the interesting part is who is in the room
Bangladesh AI Business Summit 2026 begins today at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, jointly organised by the Ministry of…