OpenAI releases free, downloadable models in competition catch-up
OpenAI on Tuesday released two new artificial intelligence models that can be downloaded for free and altered by users, to challenge similar offerings by US and Chinese competition...
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NRB Bank celebrates 12th anniv
NRB Bank PLC has completed its 12th year of operations with accelerating growth through digital innovation, said a press release...
MDB holds half-yearly business conference
Midland Bank PLC on Saturday held its Half-Yearly Business Conference 2025 at its premises in the capital, said a press release...
AIB holds rally on July Uprising Day
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Tuesday organised a rally as part of its celebration of 鈥楾arunner Utsab 2025鈥� commemorating July Uprising Day, said a press release...
Sonali, Agrani, Janata, Rupali banks plant trees
Sonali Bank PLC, Agrani Bank PLC, Janata Bank PLC and Rupali Bank PLC on Wednesday organised tree plantation programmes as part of their 鈥楯uly Revival and Youth Festival-2025鈥� celebrations, commemorating July Uprising Day, said the four banks鈥� press releases...
Finance adviser sees scope for further cut in US tariff
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the country still had the scope for bargaining over the tariff rate the United States imposed on Bangladeshi exports to the US.
Inclusion key to Lankan good governance
THE news from the US trade office was better than expected. Sri Lanka which had been shocked by the sudden imposition of a 44 per cent tariff by the US authorities in April 2024 has seen it reduced to 20 per cent. This is a major concession for a country that is perceived to have strong trading and political ties with China, which the United States views as its main...
CA office sends letter to EC over Bangladesh national polls
The Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office on Wednesday sent a letter to the Election Commission鈥檚 senior secretary to make arrangements for the next national election in February, before the month of Ramadan...
Facing newsroom constraints
IT WAS quite challenging to have covered the uprising events, each bloody day especially after July 16, when six of the protesters were left dead, with a handful of reporters. It was a small group, composed of, alphabetically ordered, Ahammad Foyez who on December 5, 2024 was appointed to the press wing of the chief adviser to the interim government as...
Livelihoods, ATEC sign biodigester project
The Livelihoods Carbon Fund 3, in partnership with ATEC Global, is implementing a large-scale clean cooking initiative aimed at transforming energy access in rural Bangladesh, says a press release.
Towards a gender-just climate future
BANGLADESH is at the forefront of climate chaos. From scorching heatwaves to unrelenting floods, environmental stresses are remaking the nation鈥檚 social and economic fabric. Women, particularly poor and rural women, bear the brunt. But they are seldom viewed as the heart of climate leadership. In a world heating faster than expected, an equitable climate future...
Withdrawal of project of public interest not an option
THE government鈥檚 discontinuing its support for the national academy for children with special needs at a time when there are barely any facilities to ensure access to education for children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders is disconcerting. The Planning Commission on August 4 decided to close the academy on the grounds that the implementation of the...
Hezbollah says will treat disarmament decision 鈥榓s if it does not exist鈥�
Hezbollah said Wednesday that it would treat Beirut鈥檚 decision a day earlier to disarm it 鈥榓s if it did not exist鈥�, accusing the cabinet of committing a 鈥榞rave sin鈥�...
Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise
Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear 鈥楧oomsday Clock鈥� close to midnight...
Republicans, Democrats go to 鈥榳ar鈥� over US election map
Donald Trump is pulling hard on the levers of power to strengthen Republicans through redistricting in Texas and other states 鈥� the latest offensive in escalating moves by both sides to shape the battlefield of US democracy for the midterm elections...
Mohammadi warns of 鈥榯emptation鈥� of nuclear arms
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi warned Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, that the 鈥榯emptation鈥� for countries to pursue nuclear arms was growing...
Flash floods kill 6 in Myanmar-China border town
Monsoon floods in a rebel-held Myanmar town on the country鈥檚 mountainous border with China have killed six people, a spokesman for the armed group controlling the area said Wednesday...
No one is safe without democracy, rule of law, says Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said no one is safe if there is no democracy and rule of law in the country.
Two members of forest robber gang arrested in Sunderbans
Members of Coast Guard arrested two members of forest robber gang Asabur Bahini along with firearms and ammunition from the Sunderbans on Tuesday...
CEC expects to receive letter about election timeframe from govt soon
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Wednesday expressed hope that the Election Commission would soon receive a letter from the interim government about the timeframe to hold the next general election in early February, 2026...
FIFA lifts transfer ban on Fakirerpool
World football governing body FIFA lifted the transfer ban on Bangladesh Premier League outfit Fakirerpool Young Men's Club as the club confirmed it on Wednesday.
Three more dengue patients die, 428 new cases recorded in 24 hours
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 92 this year...
Govt to transfer SPs, OCs thru lottery before Bangladesh national polls: adviser
Home adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury at the home ministry in Dhaka on Wednesday said that they would transfer SPs and OCs through a lottery before media representatives prior to the announcement of the election schedule...
Son draws fans to airport as LAFC calls Wednesday news conference
South Korean star Son Heung-min has not even been officially announced as joining Los Angeles FC of MLS, but excited fans are already waiting to welcome him.
NCP issues show-cause notice to five central leaders over Cox鈥檚 Bazar trip
The National Citizen Party on Wednesday served show-cause notices on its five central leaders as they went to Cox鈥檚 Bazar on a personal trip on Tuesday, the day when the nation was celebrating the first anniversary of the July mass uprising, without informing the party鈥檚 鈥榩olitical council鈥�...
Jobe Bellingham 'anxious' about following Jude at Dortmund
Jobe Bellingham admitted on Tuesday to having 鈥榓nxieties鈥� on following in brother Jude's footsteps after joining Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
Outgoing Dutch envoy meets with CA Professor Yunus
Andr茅 Carstens, the head of mission of the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, paid a farewell call on chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Wednesday...
ICT frames charges against BRUR VC, 29 others in Abu Sayeed murder case
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday charged 30 people, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, in a case of crimes against humanity over the murder of student Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 protests...
98pc children in Dhaka exposed to high lead poisoning: study
Nearly 98 per cent of children living in Dhaka are exposed to a high level of lead poisoning, according to a study conducted by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh...
Rabindranath Tagore鈥檚 death anniv today
The 84th anniversary of the death of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali polymath who worked, among others, as a poet, writer, playwright and composer, will be observed today.