A Microsoft employee, Ibtihal Aboussad, disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event on April 4, 2025, accusing Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman of being complicit in genocide.

Bangladesh has become the 54th country to sign the Artemis Accords, an international space exploration agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America. The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025 at the InterContinental Hotel Dhaka on April 8.

Two Bangladeshi students and brothers have advanced to the global finals of 'The Diamond Challenge', an international entrepreneurship competition for high school students organised by the Horn Entrepreneurship Center at the University of Delaware, USA.

A Texas-based biotech company has brought dire wolves—a species extinct for about 10,000 to 12,500 years—back to life in a landmark genetic engineering project. Colossal Biosciences, known for its ambitious “de-extinction” efforts, recently announced three snowy-white dire wolf pups named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi, marking the first time the mythical predators have walked the Earth since the last Ice Age.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur today announced two major funds to support the country’s startup ecosystem during the ongoing Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025.

West Japan Railway (JR West) has recently unveiled what they claim to be the world’s first 3D-printed train station, a sleek, curved-roof structure that took just two and a half hours to assemble on-site—a fraction of the time required for traditional construction.

Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025 has begun at Intercontinental Dhaka on April 7, 2025. 

The Government of Bangladesh has announced plans to launch a unified digital platform titled the ‘Land Service Gateway’ as part of its ongoing initiative to accelerate land service digitisation following instructions from Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, according to a recent press statement on April 6, 2025.

The recently enacted decisions by the US government regarding tariffs will not affect the upcoming Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025, according to Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Ashik Chowdhury.

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration in Redmond, Washington, was disrupted on Friday when two employees staged pro-Palestinian protests, voicing opposition to the company’s ties to the Israeli military and its use of artificial intelligence in conflict zones.

The world has changed, and with it, so has Eid. Yet, paradoxically, technology is bringing back the very elements we thought we had lost.

Netflix has long been at the forefront of digital entertainment, leading the shift from DVD rentals to streaming dominance. But its latest move—integrating user-generated content (UGC) into its platform—is perhaps one of its most ingenious strategies so far.

The United States has recognised the ‘Women Student Protest Leaders of Bangladesh’ with the ‘Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award’ as part of the 2025 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards, according to the US Office of the Spokesperson.

A team of students from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has qualified for the Rice360 Global Health Technologies Design Competition. The team, named SignTalk, has been selected among the top 24 global teams to represent Bangladesh at this international competition, which will be held at the Rice University of USA this April.

Elon Musk's long-awaited Tesla Diner & Drive-In is finally taking shape at the former Shakey's Pizza site on Hollywood's Santa Monica Boulevard, though an opening date remains uncertain, according to a recent report by The New York Times.

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Divya Tyagi, a graduate student in aerospace engineering at Pennsylvania State University, has refined a century-old mathematical problem, simplifying its form and broadening its applications in aerodynamics, according to a blog by Penn State.

The Bangladesh Investment Summit, set to take place from April 7 to 10 at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka, aims to strengthen investment opportunities in the country. 

When top aides to US President Donald Trump recently discussed military strikes against Yemen’s Houthi militants, they turned to Signal—a messaging app prized for its secrecy. Launched in 2014, Signal is a free, open-source app that promises ironclad privacy. It uses 'end-to-end encryption', meaning only the sender and recipient can read messages—not even Signal itself.

Revoo Bangladesh has launched the Revoo C32, an electric bike.