Micron Technology (MU.O) edged past the market valuation of Meta Platforms (META.O) for the first time on Thursday, after the memory chipmaker's solid forecast helped extend its AI-driven ascent. The company's shares were last up 18.5 per cent at $1,244.4, giving it a market capitalis
If you go past the intersection of Karwan Bazar, infamous for traffic on a rickshaw, you will see that traffic has momentarily stalled. But instead of the usual chorus of unnecessary honking and race, the vehicles stand still; a scene that was unimaginable even a year ago in Dhaka? Vehicles were
The government has brought online gambling under the ambit of criminal offenses through the Cyber Security Act 2026 as part of its efforts to curb the growing menace of digital betting and related financial crimes, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament. Responding to a star
Britain is considering forcing social media companies to prioritise what the government called trusted news sources as part of its broader push to tighten regulation of the sector. The culture department said on Monday it was considering requiring platforms such as Meta's Facebook, Alphabet
A court in Chattogram has sentenced three former officials of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) to 44 years in prison in a corruption case dating back nearly three decades. The BTTB, the state-run telecom body, was later restructured and rebranded as Bangladesh Telecommunications
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is exploring options to give the public a stake in leading AI companies, in response to concerns that individual Americans will not share in the sector’s expected profits. Policymakers, companies and advocates have proposed several pathways for Trum
Bangladesh has achieved a major milestone in its digital transformation journey, with more than 5 million income tax returns submitted online through a locally developed e-Return platform, marking the country’s first fully digital tax return cycle for individual taxpayers. The platform, deve
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would ban social media sites for under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and live-streaming platforms, in a fightback against big tech that goes further than any other country. The sweeping changes will “give kids their childhood back
A quiet digital transformation is reshaping the way tea estate workers in northern Bangladesh receive and manage their earnings. Several hundred workers at Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate in Panchagarh are now receiving their wages through bKash's digital payroll solution, reducing their dependence on ca
For more than two decades up till now, buying a mobile-phone connection in Bangladesh would come with an unusual price tag: a government-imposed SIM tax that every new subscriber had to pay before making a single call or sending a single message. A remedy is, hopefully, in sight. The levy had surv
