OpenAI has unveiled a new partner network designed to help businesses move from experimenting with artificial intelligence to embedding it across their operations, backed by an initial $150 million investment.

This week, for the first time in recorded history, a single human being's net worth crossed the trillion-dollar threshold. And yet, look past the headline figure, and the empire generating it looks less like a triumphant monument and more like a building site after a fire alarm. Several, actually.

The UK will introduce a full ban on social media for children under the age of 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday.

Xiaomi has launched two new devices in Bangladesh, expanding its local product lineup with the Redmi Pad 2 tablet and the Xiaomi 17T smartphone.

Artificial intelligence has genuinely made our creative and professional lives easier — whether you are a writer staring down a deadline, a researcher drowning in documents, or simply someone trying to get through a long to-do list.

More than 1,000 young AI builders from across Bangladesh took part in the Infinity AI BuildFest 2026 at BRAC University in Dhaka on Friday.

The proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-27 provides measured relief in some areas, quietly nudges citizens towards greater financial formalisation, and reveals where policymakers believe Bangladesh's future workforce is headed.

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Every generation of nations builds the infrastructure that defines its future. Bangladesh has built roads, power plants and digital payment networks. The budget presented yesterday suggests the country’s next great infrastructure project may be different: human capital, powered by teachers, technology and artificial intelligence.

Google is introducing a new system for managing personalisation across its search-related services, giving users more direct control over how their activity is stored and used to shape recommendations.

The company said it received the letter at 5:21 pm (2121 GMT).

Company raises more than $75 billion in historic stock market debut

Facebook and Messenger services began gradually returning for users in Bangladesh around 8:19 pm on Friday, after a global outage disrupted several Meta-owned platforms.

Facebook and Messenger went down for users across the globe this evening, with complaints first surfacing around 7:45pm Bangladesh time.

The proposed national budget for the 2026-27 financial year appears to challenge that approach. It does more than offer a handful of incentives: it recognises that startups create value differently and therefore require a distinct policy framework.

Football fans across Bangladesh reported widespread disruptions on platforms streaming the opening matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup on June 12, raising questions about whether major over-the-top services were prepared for the surge in demand.

The Bangladesh government has proposed appropriate policy formulation in the electronics sector to transform the country into one of the leading global electronics manufacturing hubs within the next five years, as part of its fiscal year 2026-27 budget.

The Bangladesh government has proposed sweeping tax concessions for the semiconductor industry, including reducing import duties on key raw materials to 1 percent until mid-2031, as part of its fiscal year 2026-27 budget.

New systems will assist with offside decisions, create 3D player models, support match analysis and help protect participants from online abuse

Chinese companies are carrying out small, dispersed layoffs as they rush to adopt artificial intelligence, aiming to boost productivity without triggering government scrutiny or social unrest, according to a recent Reuters report.