Eastern Bank Limited (EBL), in collaboration with Mastercard and Visa, has launched Bangladesh's first wearable payment devices, branded as 'WEAREBL'. The devices were officially announced on Monday and according to the bank, ‘first of its kind’ ’in the country.

MedEasy, a Dhaka-based online pharmacy startup, has successfully closed a seed funding round, raising $750,000. The investment is aimed at expanding its services and bridging the healthcare gap for Bangladesh’s 30 million chronic patients. The funding round was led by Seedstars International Ventures, Doha Tech Angels, Startup Bangladesh Limited, Accelerating Asia, and nVentures, with additional participation from various angel investors.

Two Bangladeshis have been listed in the Vogue Business 100 Innovators for the year 2023.

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 significant contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). With a career that intersects data science and social science, Dr Chowdhury has been a leading voice in applied algorithmic ethics, a burgeoning field that grapples with the ethical implications of AI and machine learning technologies.

Bangladesh’s ace motorsports legend Avik Anwar recently struck a brand partnership deal with Rock Energy Limited, the exclusive distributor of Caltex & Chevron Lubricants in the country.

Smartphone brand realme is celebrating its 5th anniversary. Over this period, it has emerged as one of the world's fastest-growing smartphone manufacturers and is now a prominent global player.

Bangladesh's game development market, although smaller than that of the US, shows promise. In 2021, the market was valued at $62.22 million and is part of a broader $0.37 billion gaming industry in the country. Projections indicate that this market could double by 2026.

Amazon Web Services is hosting a training event called Startup Day Bangladesh 2023 on October 5, 2023. This day-long program will provide hands-on teaching on using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform to transform startup designs.

The JAAGO Foundation Trust, in collaboration with Generation Unlimited and UNICEF, organised the imaGen Ventures Youth Challenge 2023 Boot Camp in Dhaka. The three-day residential workshop provided a transformative platform for the youth from Dhaka to ideate, co-create, and develop impactful community solutions addressing gender inequity and climate change using human-centred design approaches. 

Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two CEO has confirmed the development of Red Dead Redemption 3, the next instalment in its critically acclaimed western video game series. The announcement has been met with enthusiasm, albeit tempered by the understanding that the release is likely years away.

Global entertainment platform TikTok recently hosted multiple workshops on its Community Guidelines in Bangladesh.

BMW is revisiting its historical innovation, the "Neue Klasse," this time as an all-electric offering.

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The Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) payload on India’s Chandrayaan 3 lander has recently discovered vibrations occurring on the moon, as confirmed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 31.

In an era where instant messaging and artificial intelligence dominate our conversations, two friends from Bangladesh are reviving the art of handwritten letters with a modern twist. Mashfique and Atik, the co-founders of CheeThee LLC, are set to launch Lettre, an iPad app that aims to reinvest in the depth of human relationships through deliberate communication.

Ko Toot, an IT professional based out of Myanmar, has turned his anger and skills into a potent weapon against the ruling military junta: a mobile game. The game, originally launched as 'The PDF Game' in early 2022, has become an unexpected fundraising and awareness-raising tool for the anti-military resistance known as the People's Defence Forces (PDF).

n instrument onboard the Chandrayaan-3 mission's rover 'Pragyan' has confirmed the presence of sulphur in the south pole lunar soil.

OPPO has recently launched its latest smartphone in Bangladesh, the OPPO A78.

This year, four Asians were given the Ramon Magsaysay Award: Korvi Rakshand from Bangladesh, Eugenio Lemos from Timor-Leste, Miriam Coronel-Ferrer from the Philippines, and Dr Ravi Kannan R. from India.