Rare Al Samir, the founder and CEO of Interactive Cares, a Dhaka-based ed-tech startup, has been detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka while reportedly trying to leave the country following allegations of embezzlement and money laundering.

Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media.

DHS Motors Limited, the distributor of GAC Motor vehicles in Bangladesh, has introduced the electric vehicle brand AION at Dhaka Motor Show 2026. 

CFMOTO Bangladesh has officially launched its electric bike brand ZEEHO, alongside a new lineup of motorcycles, at Dhaka Bike Show 2026.

In December 2025, Anthropic set up a unique test. It built a used-goods marketplace for staff at its San Francisco office, handed each person an AI agent trained on what they wanted to sell and buy, and told the bots to negotiate with each other. No human could intervene or approve deals.

Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as chief executive of LinkedIn after six years leading the world's largest professional networking platform, with chief operating officer Dan Shapero assuming the role immediately.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, will invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the AI startup said last week, deepening a partnership between two players that compete in the global AI race.

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Rangs Limited, the distributor of Mitsubishi Motors in Bangladesh, has launched the Mitsubishi Destinator at the Dhaka Motor Show 2026 on April 24.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Vmoto has formally entered the Bangladeshi market, marking its debut at the Dhaka Motor Show 2026.

Chinese startup DeepSeek released a preview version of its V4 artificial intelligence model, adapted to run on Huawei's new Ascend AI chips.

Instagram has confirmed it is testing a new standalone application called Instants, which allows users to share candid, unedited photos that disappear after 24 hours, in a move that positions the platform more directly against ephemeral-sharing apps such as Snapchat and BeReal.

Porsche has announced it will begin selling an all-electric version of its Cayenne coupe later this year, adding to a growing lineup of electric variants of the company's best-selling SUV.

A growing number of governments around the world have announced plans to restrict or prohibit social media access for children and teenagers, with more than a dozen countries now at various stages of legislation or consultation on the issue.

Microsoft has offered voluntary retirement buyouts to a portion of its US workforce for the first time in its 51-year history

Meta is planning to cut approximately 10% of its global workforce, amounting to around 8,000 employees, as the company moves to reduce costs and redirect investment towards artificial intelligence.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, its newest artificial intelligence model, describing it as the company's most capable and intuitive model to date.

Meta will begin allowing parents to view the general topics their teenagers are asking its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant about, expanding parental supervision tools.

Google Cloud has unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) chips as part of its latest generation of tensor processing units (TPUs), signalling a deeper push into custom hardware while continuing to partner with Nvidia.

Intel has secured Tesla as the first major customer for its next-generation 14A chip manufacturing process, according to a recent report by Reuters.