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Bangladesh Seen on Track to Be a Trillion-Dollar Economy by 2040
Bangladesh is on course to become a $1 trillion economy by 2040, driven by consumer optimism, innovation in emerging economic sectors and a young engaged workforce, according to Boston Consulting Group. With average annual growth of 6.4% between 2016 and 2021, the...
This Bangladeshi is now the first-ever partner at Goldman Sachs
A London-based Bangladeshi investment bank has made the cut in Goldman Sachs biennial promotion round earlier this month, making him the first ever Bangladeshi to do so. He is the first person from Bangladesh to become a partner at the bank, insiders told UK-based...
Bangladeshi listed among world’s most influential scientists
Prof MA Hannan, a Bangladeshi researcher living in Malaysia, is listed among the world's most influential scientists, by UK-based analytics company "Clarivate". Hannan, an expert professor in electrical engineering at Universiti Tenaga Malaysia (UNITEN), achieved...
Influencer marketing startup HypeScout raises $280,000 pre-seed funding
The round was led by Anchorless Bangladesh, a New York based early-stage venture capital firm active in the local startup ecosystem HypeScout, a SaaS-based Bangladeshi influencer marketing startup, has raised $280,000 in pre-seed funding. The round was led by...
Startup Bangladesh invests in SWAP
Startup Bangladesh Limited, the flagship venture capital company of the ICT Division, decided to invest in Dhaka-based re-commerce platform SWAP, per a press release sent to FS. The release says, Swap works by offering customers both convenience and safety when...
Bangladeshi researcher Dr Laila Nahar gets gold medal in Malaysia
Expatriate Bangladeshi researcher Dr Laila Nahar has been awarded gold medal for creating healthy Mushroom Crackers using green technology in Malaysia. She received this award from the Ministry of Higher Education of the country. On November 3, eight researchers,...
Bangladeshi robotics team wins gold medal at ISIF 2022
Team Atlas is the first team to win a gold medal from ISIF in Bangladesh's history Team Atlas, a rover team of Bangladesh which has been working on various projects about robotics, has bagged a gold medal at the International Science and Invention Fair (ISIF) 2022....
Scoop: GoZayaan raises new round of investment
Online travel-tech platform GoZayaan has raised a new round of funding at an undisclosed valuation, Future Startup has learned from multiple sources. The company’s Crunchbase profile shows an additional $4.6M in funding. Previously, GoZaayan’s total funding stood at...
Startup Bangladesh Invests in Vroom
Startup Bangladesh Limited, the flagship venture capital company of the ICT Division, decided to back by investing in one of the first online automotive solution providers Vroom Services Ltd. Vroom, launched in late 2017, offers 360-degree service solutions through...