The company said it received the letter at 5:21 pm (2121 GMT).

Company raises more than $75 billion in historic stock market debut

Facebook and Messenger services began gradually returning for users in Bangladesh around 8:19 pm on Friday, after a global outage disrupted several Meta-owned platforms.

Facebook and Messenger went down for users across the globe this evening, with complaints first surfacing around 7:45pm Bangladesh time.

The proposed national budget for the 2026-27 financial year appears to challenge that approach. It does more than offer a handful of incentives: it recognises that startups create value differently and therefore require a distinct policy framework.

Football fans across Bangladesh reported widespread disruptions on platforms streaming the opening matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup on June 12, raising questions about whether major over-the-top services were prepared for the surge in demand.

The Bangladesh government has proposed appropriate policy formulation in the electronics sector to transform the country into one of the leading global electronics manufacturing hubs within the next five years, as part of its fiscal year 2026-27 budget.

The Bangladesh government has proposed sweeping tax concessions for the semiconductor industry, including reducing import duties on key raw materials to 1 percent until mid-2031, as part of its fiscal year 2026-27 budget.

New systems will assist with offside decisions, create 3D player models, support match analysis and help protect participants from online abuse

Chinese companies are carrying out small, dispersed layoffs as they rush to adopt artificial intelligence, aiming to boost productivity without triggering government scrutiny or social unrest, according to a recent Reuters report.

Facebook parent Meta has teamed up with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries to establish what Meta described as its first AI-enabled data centre in India.

Anthropic recently released a new artificial intelligence model, Claude Fable 5, that is the first publicly available version of what the company calls its 'Mythos class' of models.

Perplexity, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup, is planning to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) in 2028, regardless of how investors respond to the upcoming stock market debuts of rival AI firms, according to comments by chief executive Aravind Srinivas in an interview with CNBC.

Apple said on June 8 that a new artificial intelligence-powered version of Siri will not be available on iPhones and iPads in the European Union (EU) when iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 are released later this year, blaming regulatory requirements under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Faqir Mahbub tells parliament portfolio startups have created more than 7,000 direct jobs and paid over Tk 180 crore in taxes

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States, according to a recent report by Reuters.

The question is no longer whether Bangladesh can produce globally competitive startups. The more important question is how quickly the ecosystem can absorb the lessons of the companies already doing it.

Apple CEO Tim Cook used the closing moments of the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2026 presentation to reflect on his tenure at the technology giant, in what is expected to be his final appearance at the annual developer event as CEO.

Apple unveiled a broad set of new child safety features across its devices and services at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference 2026 (WWDC) on June 8.

Apple announced iOS 27 at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, 8 June 2026, outlining a software update focused on performance, design, trust and safety features, and deeper integration of Apple Intelligence.