How to choose the right AI for the right task

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.
14 June 2026, 17:54 PM

New budget signals Bangladesh’s next great infrastructure build

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.
13 June 2026, 23:22 PM

Google gives users more control over search data and recommendations

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.
13 June 2026, 19:40 PM

Decoding Bangladesh’s ambitious budget for startups

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.
12 June 2026, 17:40 PM

Old Dhaka’s Narinda wasn't always called Narinda!

Our city dates back to pre-Mughal times; and Narinda, with this mosque, is a testament to that.
8 June 2026, 20:04 PM

China’s ‘river chief system’ and a roadmap for Bangladesh’s rivers

I found myself standing at the edge of the Xinghai Peninsula Wetland Park. What lay ahead was not just a landscape, but a lesson in how a country chooses to treat its water.
12 April 2026, 18:55 PM

How a one-stop service centre in China's Yuxi simplifies life for citizens

The first thing that struck me was how little it felt like a government office
11 April 2026, 20:30 PM

How to train your social media feed to show content you actually like

In the attention economy, it doesn’t matter whether you love something or hate it; what matters is that you looked
30 March 2026, 22:06 PM

Debunking the myth of 'stray-free' countries

The lie we tell when a stray dog is beaten, poisoned, or ‘disappeared’ in Bangladesh
30 March 2026, 20:55 PM

Pakistani politician wants the last word on ‘Dhurandhar 2’, and maybe his own film

Nabil Gabol claims the character of Jameel Jamali was based on him, plans to respond with ‘Lyari Ka Gabbar’
29 March 2026, 18:54 PM

Long before fake news and algorithms, this 1986 film saw how truth could be shaped and weaponised

New Delhi Times: A film on analogue era journalism, a mirror for the digital age
29 March 2026, 18:30 PM

Not every Harry Potter fan is ready for a Black Snape; that’s exactly why it matters

Paapa Essiedu’s casting has sparked a fierce fan debate, exposing the uneasy line between loyalty to canon and resistance to representation
26 March 2026, 18:59 PM

A fall that is not autumn

March recasts the meaning of falling leaves
24 March 2026, 21:30 PM

Rebecca: A ghost story without a ghost

Hitchcock’s adaptation turns a dead woman into a living force
22 March 2026, 20:00 PM
22 March 2026, 15:44 PM

The iconic duo that anchors Eid celebrations across Bangladesh

A plate of polao-roast: Eid’s signature pairing
21 March 2026, 21:00 PM

A crescent moon for the broken

Why Eid does not arrive the same for everyone, and how a classic ghazal gives voice to that quiet divide
21 March 2026, 20:00 PM

When Chuck Norris died, the myth kept standing

Action icon and martial arts maestro dies at 86, leaving behind a legacy
20 March 2026, 22:30 PM

The cost of a distant war being paid in Bangladeshi lives

Bangladeshi migrant workers sustain the nation, even as they face growing dangers abroad
19 March 2026, 18:40 PM

‘Where are you?’ The afterlife of a song that outlived borders

A drifting ghazal resurfaces on digital tides, revealing how a shared past still sings in one voice across divided geographies
18 March 2026, 20:30 PM