5+ hour, 57+ min ago  (144+ words) Saturday June 13, 2026 Meta-owned Facebook began gradually restoring its services around 8: 25pm today (12 June) following a disruption that affected users in Bangladesh and several other parts of the world. Although the platform became accessible again for many users, some reported that several…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago  (759+ words) Saturday June 13, 2026 Tucked within the fiscal arithmetic of stabilisation, debt servicing and a widening deficit sits a quieter ambition: to transform the country's degraded land, roadsides and coastal chars into forests that could eventually generate income through international carbon markets....

7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (161+ words) Space X launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with Starlink satellites today (12 June) less than an hour before Elon Musk's company lifts off for the largest IPO in history on Wall Street. "Go Space X, go Starlink to all Space Xers,…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (54+ words) The Business Standard Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam PM may inaugurate commercial operations of Rooppur nuclear plant in August: Minister Anam Fuel loading for the second unit is expected to begin in April 2027, while the entire project is…...

14+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1286+ words) Friday June 12, 2026 If not for the intense rivalry between Anthropic and Open AI, the generative AI boom might not have arrived so quickly. In late 2022, Open AI caught wind that Anthropic was working on an AI-powered chatbot. Open AI CEO…...

15+ hour, 34+ min ago  (345+ words) Friday June 12, 2026 Recent official data show Bangladesh's renewable energy installed capacity at around 1, 696. 9 MW as of 1 April 2026, while the government's draft Renewable Energy Policy 2025 explicitly highlights local manufacturing of solar equipment, inverters, mounting structures, cables, batteries, and energy storage systems…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (683+ words) Friday June 12, 2026 Solar power expanded 17 times faster than gas-fired electricity generation in 2025, underscoring a growing global shift toward renewable energy as natural gas continues to lose ground in the world's power mix, according to a new report by global energy…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (117+ words) Thursday June 11, 2026 Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty winds and lightning flashes" in many places over the country in 24 hours commencing 9 am today (11 june). "Light to moderate rain or thunder…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1650+ words) Thursday June 11, 2026 Even before the next powerful El Ni'o fully forms, its impacts might already be spreading through fields, ports, reservoirs, forests, and homes." A failed monsoon, a stranded vessel near a key shipping route, a hydropower shortage in Africa,…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (206+ words) Thursday June 11, 2026 Dr Zubaida Rahman, vice president of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation, today (10 June) proposed an environmental start-up fund, along with the establishment of a green volunteering programme and climate youth fellowship, to strengthen environmental protection efforts in Bangladesh. Speaking…...