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DAB’s newly elected leaders pay tribute to Ziaur Rahman

The newly elected central leaders of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh paid tribute to the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and former president Ziaur Rahman, offering special prayers and placing wreaths at his grave at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka on Sunday.

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Global stocks rise on AI optimism

Major European and Asian stock markets rose Monday as optimism over the artificial intelligence sector carried over into the new week, according to analysts...

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UCB opens 232nd branch

United Commercial Bank PLC on Monday opened its 232nd branch at Hajiganj in Chandpur, said a press release...

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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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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Trump’s 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...

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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)...

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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...

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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’s doorsteps. Today, social media platforms have become the fastest and most widespread...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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ONE Bank publishes carbon disclosure report

ONE Bank PLC has published its first ‘Carbon Disclosure Report’ on Carbon Accounting Financials website in accordance with the PCAF guidelines, as per a press release...

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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...

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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.