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Bangladesh receives Tk 40.38b remittance in first week of September
Bangladesh received Tk 40.38 billion (US$368.87 million) in remittances during the first week of the current month, according to a recent Bangladesh Bank (BB) report. Of the $368.87 million, $32.08 million came through state-owned banks, $329.12 million via private...
2 Bangladeshis named in Vogue Business 100 Innovators 2023
Two Bangladeshis have been listed in the Vogue Business 100 Innovators for the year 2023. Mostafiz Uddin, the founder and CEO of Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), has been listed in the Vogue Business 100 Innovators for the year 2023. He earned this recognition under...
Bangladeshi-origin Rumman Chowdhury in TIME’s Top 100 in AI
The AI ethicist has been named among the 100 most influential people in AI in 2023 by TIME magazine. Dr Rumman Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-origin Bengali American data scientist, has been named in the TIME 100 AI list, a prestigious recognition that honours her...
Team Bangladesh secures 3 gold medals in IMDO 2023
The International Medicine and Disease Olympiad (IMDO) is a global medical and disease knowledge based problem-solving competition for high school students. IMDO recognises the best student problem solvers, who are interested in medicine, in order to boost their...
Team from Bangladesh wins two silver medals at International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
A team from Bangladesh has recently won 2 silver and 1 bronze medal at the 16th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2023. This year's competition consisted of 256 student participants from 50 nations, with this being the first time Bangladesh...
Bangladeshi Nabanita in Forbes’ 30 under 30 Toronto list
Nabanita Nawar, a Bangladeshi researcher and entrepreneur residing in Canada, has recently been featured in the Forbes' '30 Under 30 Local: Toronto' list. This is the popular business magazine's first-ever list of this kind, and she is the only Bangladeshi to be...
Bangladeshi artist’s painting going to the moon
Salbhi Sumaiya, a talented Canada-based artist who also operates as MerakiStudio.Art, painted a beautiful painting of a wolf and her cub, called "Maternal instinct" , which is now destined to go to the moon. The painting has been selected to be on the Lunar Codex...
Startup Showcase: CHAKRI.app – Revolutionizing Hiring with AI in Bangladesh
In the bustling city of Dhaka, where opportunities are as diverse as the population itself, a new star is rising in the startup horizon. Enter CHAKRI.app, an innovative AI-driven HR-tech startup that’s rewriting the rules of recruitment and changing the game for...
Bangladesh’s GDP, including informal economy, expected to reach $1.577 trillion by end of ‘23
Bangladesh will overtake, in GDP terms, Poland, Taiwan and Vietnam. Bangladesh economy fastest growing in Asia-Pacific region out of 32 countries. According to World Economics' latest report, the size of Bangladesh's GDP in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms at the...