Madrid extend Liga lead
Kylian Mbappe struck twice as Real Madrid romped to a 4-0 win over Valencia on Saturday to move seven points clear at the top of La Liga...
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Italy police seize more than 1b euros in Campari shares
Italian police on Friday ordered the seizure of shares worth 1.3 billion euros from the Luxembourg holding company that controls the Campari spirits group, accused of tax fraud.
UCB donates 10 computers to edn institution
United Commercial Bank has recently donated 10 computers to the nearly century-old Madhabpasha Chandradwip High School and College in Babuganj upazila of Barishal under its Corporate Social Responsibility programme.
40 extrajudicial killings during interim govt
At least 40 people were extra-judicially killed from August 9, 2024, to September 30, 2025 under the interim government, with 11 people dying in such ways between July and September.
BFIU freezes 3 bank accounts, files case
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has frozen the bank accounts of three individuals accused of embezzling funds by breaching the National Savings Certificates (NSC) server...
Alphabet posts first $100b quarter as AI fuels growth
Google parent Alphabet reported its first-ever $100 billion quarterly revenue on Wednesday, powered by strong growth across its core search business and rapidly expanding cloud division that was buoyed by artificial intelligence...
Trump鈥檚 Truth Social to allow betting
The social media network founded by US president Donald Trump, Truth Social, announced Tuesday that it will allow users to make bets on the outcome of real-world events using the platform...
AI chip giant Nvidia becomes world鈥檚 first $5t company
AI chip juggernaut Nvidia became the world鈥檚 first $5 trillion company on Wednesday, as investors remain confident that artificial intelligence will deliver a new wave of innovation and growth...
MetLife study finds financial wellness key to productivity
MetLife Bangladesh has released its Employee Benefit Trends Study, offering insights into the priorities, challenges and expectations of private-sector employees and employers...
BAB chief calls for sustainable reforms
Reform initiatives and policy formulation in the banking sector should be sustainable, practical and gradual, said Abdul Hai Sarker, chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB)...
Artificial intelligence: behind the fantasy
ARTIFICIAL Intelligence has been one of the most hyped topics worldwide over the past few years, and Bangladesh is no exception. Yet thoughtful analysis and meaningful discussion on this subject have remained limited. In Bangladesh, where the romanticisation of any new concept tends to take off easily, fuelling viral posts, boosting social media viewership, and...
Social media-based journalism in Bangladesh
DURING the 1990s and afterward, with the widespread introduction of computers in the media and the use of satellite TV and radio, a vast number of people have entered the field of journalism. The development of technology in newsrooms brought information to people鈥檚 doorsteps. Today, social media platforms have become the fastest and most widespread...
Zelensky needs European support for 2-3 more years of fighting
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine needs European financial support to continue fighting Russian forces for another two or three years...
10-member committee to oversee BASIS
A new 10-member supporting committee has been formed to reactivate the activities of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services...
Microsoft holds 27pc of OpenAI in revamped partnership
Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday a sweeping overhaul of their landmark artificial intelligence partnership, giving both companies greater independence while maintaining their close collaboration...
Venezuela claims CIA 鈥榝alse flag鈥� attack foiled
Venezuela claimed Monday to have dismantled a CIA-financed cell plotting a false-flag attack on a US warship deployed to the southern Caribbean, as Washington stepped up pressure on Caracas by flying bombers nearby.
Amazon cuts staff by 14,000
US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Tuesday that it is reducing its workforce by 14,000 posts to streamline operations as it invests in artificial intelligence, without saying where the cuts will be made...
American Alumni Association hosts 鈥楤rain Gain鈥� event
American Alumni Association on Monday hosted another edition of its Brain Gain Series at United Commercial Bank PLC head office in the capital...
Independent probe demanded into KIB鈥檚 financial, administrative irregularities
The Agriculturists Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday called for the formation of an independent committee to investigate alleged financial irregularities and administrative corruption at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh.
Woman held for posting derogatory video about July Uprising on social media
Detective on Tuesday arrested a girl allegedly for posting a derogatory video on social media about the July mass uprising and its fighters from Godagari upazila in Rajshahi...
Casino 鈥榢ingpin鈥� Samrat jailed for life in arms case
The Dhaka Special Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced former Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in Dhaka, to life term imprisonment in an arms case...
ONE Bank publishes carbon disclosure report
ONE Bank PLC has published its first 鈥楥arbon Disclosure Report鈥� on Carbon Accounting Financials website in accordance with the PCAF guidelines, as per a press release...
Judiciary must in no way be shackled to executive
A FUNCTIONAL independence of the judiciary should mean a judiciary independent of the legislative and the executive branch in all aspects. But this has not happened all these years. The independence of the judiciary was officially effected on November 1, 2007 from the executive and the legislative based on a 12-point directive that the Appellate Division issued on...
Abbasuddin Ahmed鈥檚 birth anniv today
Today is the 124th anniversary of birth of legendary musician Abbasuddin Ahmed...
No end to cry for judicial independence yet
The interim government has overhauled several colonial-era laws to improve access to justice, but legal experts say that true judicial independence remains elusive without a Supreme Court secretariat.
Anthropic announces massive AI chip deal with Google
Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday it was expanding its use of Google cloud computing and specialized chips in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars...
BCL Group to utilise upay for salary payment, business transactions
Mobile financial service provider upay and BCL Group, a concern of TMSS Bogura, recently signed an agreement, said a press release...
bKash workshops seek to prevent financial crimes
bKash has recently organised four awareness workshops in Dhaka, Khulna, Bogura and Cumilla for all its distributors to strengthen its commitment in preventing financial crimes such as hundi, betting and money laundering, said a press release...
Dealing arms or healing minds?
AS POORER nations spend about 6.5 per cent of export revenues servicing external debt, while world military and police spending skyrockets, it鈥檚 unlikely most countries will have the political will to shift priorities from social destruction to social care...
Dr Ruskin gets Green Delta鈥揃RAC Bank Tara Award
Physician Habibullah Talukder Ruskin was honoured with the Green Delta鈥揃rac Bank Tara Award in recognition of his outstanding advocacy and contributions to raising cancer awareness in Bangladesh...
