Four companies and three industry leaders were recognized on Friday at the 10th BRAC Bank-The Daily Star Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards for their contributions to Bangladesh’s expanding technology sector.
When China set its sights on catching up with the United States in artificial intelligence, it did not waste time. In just nine months, Beijing’s focused, state-backed push transformed the country from a lagging follower into a credible rival. The campaign began in early 2024, when the Chinese government pressured tech executives, loosened regulations, and […]
A complementary food for undernourished children developed by Bangladesh’s International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b) and Washington University in St. Louis has been named one of TIME magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025 under the Social Impact category. The innovation, called MDCF-2 or microbiome-directed complementary food, contains a mix of chickpea flour, soybean flour, peanut […]
