"AI Safety" words and a keyboard in this illustration taken 19 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

Meta has been pouring money into chips and data centres to compete more effectively with OpenAI and Anthropic.

A drone view of an election campaign display for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, depicting Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump with the words in Hebrew 'we have one opportunity to win!', the day before Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 26 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

If Netanyahu loses, it would end a relationship in which Trump has swung between praise and scorn.

AI gloom revives the spectre of stagflation

Campaigning ends in Thakurgaon by-election

Campaigning for the by-election in Thakurgaon-1 constituency ended at 8:00 AM on Tuesday. Candidates are now barred from campaigning until

BNP won’t back extrajudicial killings: Zahed

The BNP fought against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings over the past 17 years and will not backtrack on that position after forming the government, Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said, adding that the Prime Minister will take

Serbia's new leaders face tough challenges

The reintegration of Kosovo, frayed EU relations, and US sanctions are among the challenges facing the student-led movement

Yeasha Sobhan receives Cluster of Achievers Award 2026, Doctor of Philosophy in Social Works

Yeasha Sobhan, Chairperson of Bashundhara Special Children Foundation, has received the Cluster of Achievers Award 2026 in recognition of her

Muslin cloth is very thin that an entire muslin saree, 6 yards of cloths effortlessly can pass through a finger-ring. Photo: TBS.

As transparent as a wisp of white cloud, as serene as morning dew and as light as a thread floating in the air, Dhakai Muslin was acclaimed as a leading global luxury fabric in the Roman, Greek and Arab empires from as early as 500 BC.

Efforts underway to recover railway\'s occupied land: Ministry

The Ministry of Railways has said efforts are underway to recover all the encroached land of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) as 3,024

Will fight until last breath: Macklemore at 'Free Palestine' tour

Macklemore vows to fight until 'last breath' at opening of 'Free Palestine' tour

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi attending an official luncheon on Tuesday (27 October) in Tokyo. Photo: Collected

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s wife Dr Zubaida Rahman was also present at the luncheon.

Five people killed as lorry rams into bus passengers in Ctg

Five people, including a six-year-old child and a woman, were killed and four injured after a speeding lorry hit bus passengers on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda.

Brazil stocks, real tumble after Lula win

Brazil stocks, real tumble as Lula win shifts investor focus

Japan eyes 1 trillion yen investment in Bangladesh over 5 years

Japan eyes private investment of up to 1 trillion yen in Bangladesh over the next five years, with the potential to create 200,000 jobs, as the two countries agreed to deepen economic cooperation, strengthen supply chains and upgrade their flagship development initiative to “BIG-B for Shared P

Trump pins Republican midterm hopes on economy

Trump, ignoring polls, predicts economy to help Republicans in midterms

Ex Miss Switzerland accuses Trump of rape

Former model and Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul has accused US President Donald Trump of rape, according to a report released

Kanchenjunga emerges in blue skies, enchanted by beauty of autumn

The snow-capped peak of Kanchenjunga, the world

PM seeks to turn Bangladesh-Japan friendship into engine of economy, shared prosperity

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Singapore FM heads to Indonesia amid tensions

Singapore foreign minister heads to Indonesia amid tensions over gas and haze