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Bangladesh women win their first Asian Games hockey match "Roid" is Bangladesh's Oscar entry Korai Kitchen makes the NYT's 50 favorite restaurants Japan deal opens 10 years of skilled jobs Miles frontman Hamin Ahmed becomes the first Bangladeshi on the Asia-Pacific music creators' board Rooppur nuclear plant reaches its first controlled chain reaction Two Bangladeshi students win SpaceXAI challenge at HackMIT with a tool that tracks space debris New York-raised diplomat Trishita Maula leads the US Embassy in Dhaka Brick Lane Curry Festival draws a record 40,000 people to London's Banglatown Bangladesh trains field epidemiologists and lab leaders to strengthen health emergency readiness Bangladesh Under-19s beat Afghanistan in a Super Over thriller in Oman Shuvagata Hom becomes the first Bangladeshi with 7,000 runs and 300 wickets in first-class cricket

Bangladesh women win their first Asian Games hockey match "Roid" is Bangladesh's Oscar entry Korai Kitchen makes the NYT's 50 favorite restaurants Japan deal opens 10 years of skilled jobs Miles frontman Hamin Ahmed becomes the first Bangladeshi on the Asia-Pacific music creators' board Rooppur nuclear plant reaches its first controlled chain reaction Two Bangladeshi students win SpaceXAI challenge at HackMIT with a tool that tracks space debris New York-raised diplomat Trishita Maula leads the US Embassy in Dhaka Brick Lane Curry Festival draws a record 40,000 people to London's Banglatown Bangladesh trains field epidemiologists and lab leaders to strengthen health emergency readiness Bangladesh Under-19s beat Afghanistan in a Super Over thriller in Oman Shuvagata Hom becomes the first Bangladeshi with 7,000 runs and 300 wickets in first-class cricket

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SHIKOR SPECIAL USA · AI & TECH

Two Bangladeshi students win SpaceXAI challenge at HackMIT with a tool that tracks space debris

Ashraful Islam Tutul and Md. Tanvir Ibn Alam of Truman State University built Scutaris, a prototype that warns when satellites risk colliding with debris.

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USA Biman Bangladesh Airlines orders 11 more Boeing jets, taking its order book to 25 Fin.com, co-founded by Bangladesh-born Nabeel Alamgir, raises $20 million Jersey City's Korai Kitchen named one of The New York Times' 50 favorite restaurants in America

CANADA Canada's development minister Randeep Sarai visits Bangladesh to deepen partnership Canada signs a new potash supply deal with Bangladesh to support farmers Taste of Bangladesh fills Danforth Avenue in Scarborough for two days of food, music and fashion

EUROPE Rangpur rug factory wins RIBA International Prize 2026 Spain overtakes Germany as the biggest EU buyer of Bangladeshi garments Bangladesh's exports to the UK could reach $10 billion, Dhaka workshop hears

BANGLADESH Bangladesh trains field epidemiologists and lab leaders to strengthen health emergency readiness KPST to build second Mirsarai plant for footwear accessories and luggage parts Bangladeshi agritech startup Aunkur AI wins first place in IRENA's Rising Stars award

AROUND THE WORLD Expatriate Bangladeshis can now open convertible taka accounts at more banks Bangladesh medicine exports climb about 40 percent in first quarter More than 350 Bangladeshi doctors in Australia meet in Sydney for annual scientific symposium All world stories

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NOW SHOWING "Roid" chosen as Bangladesh's entry for the 99th Academy Awards Mejbaur Rahman Sumon's film was picked unanimously for Best International Feature Film.

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WORLD · FILM Two Bangladeshi films win honors at Kolkata's World Film Festival

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EUROPE · FILM Rubaiyat Hossain's "The Difficult Bride" wins a critics' prize at Venice

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ARTIST OF THE MONTH Vikings Bangla rock · Vikings Replayed arrives January 1 Read the story

Miles frontman Hamin Ahmed becomes the first Bangladeshi on the Asia-Pacific music creators' board Warfaze and former guitarist Oni Hasan share the stage at Rock N Rhythm 5.0

1 NirakarAbout Dark · Alternative rock
2 Agomoni'r AlpanaShuvo Das and Aishi Rakshit · Puja song
3 Mon AkashSahil Sanjan · Bengali melodic
4 DhoopIshaan Mozumder · New single
5 Probol GhorKushum Shikder · Music by Mahmud Sunny
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FEATURED FOUNDER Sal Khan Founder, Khan Academy · Education technology

ROOTSBarishal (father's family, Babuganj) RISINGMountain View, California

He built Khan Academy, a free online school used by well over 100 million learners, starting from videos he made to tutor a cousin.

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Jawed Karim YouTube · Online video Roots Father from Bangladesh · Rising USA

Mohammad Raafi Hossain Fasset · Digital finance Roots Bangladesh · Rising Los Angeles, USA

Nabeel Alamgir Fin.com · Cross-border payments Roots Bangladesh · Rising New York, USA

Iqbal Quadir Grameenphone · Telecoms and development Roots Jessore · Rising USA

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Bangladeshis Shaping the World

Rubaiyat Hossain Film · Bangladesh Venice critics' prize for The Difficult Bride

Trishita Maula Diplomacy · USA Led the US Embassy in Dhaka as Chargé d'Affaires

Nur-E Gulshan Rahman Food · USA Korai Kitchen named to the NYT's 50 favorite restaurants

Hamin Ahmed Music · Bangladesh First Bangladeshi on the Asia-Pacific music creators' board

Healthcare

Bangladesh trains field epidemiologists and lab leaders to strengthen health emergency readiness More than 350 Bangladeshi doctors in Australia meet in Sydney for annual scientific symposium Bangladesh goes door to door to reach 3.4 million children missed by measles-rubella vaccination

Finance

Expatriate Bangladeshis can now open convertible taka accounts at more banks Bangladeshis abroad send home $8.57 billion in three months, up 13 percent Bangladesh Bank board clears initial approval for five digital banks

Manufacturing

Rangpur rug factory wins RIBA International Prize 2026 Spain overtakes Germany as the biggest EU buyer of Bangladeshi garments KPST to build second Mirsarai plant for footwear accessories and luggage parts

Sports

Bangladesh Under-19s beat Afghanistan in a Super Over thriller in Oman Shuvagata Hom becomes the first Bangladeshi with 7,000 runs and 300 wickets in first-class cricket Bangladesh women win their first ever Asian Games hockey match

AI & Tech

Bangladeshi agritech startup Aunkur AI wins first place in IRENA's Rising Stars award Rooppur nuclear plant reaches its first controlled chain reaction AI health platform AmarDoctor wins a Global Citizen and PayPal small business award

Education

Career guide "Trajectory" wins Grameenphone Academy's AI bootcamp Five students to represent Bangladesh at the International Climate Change Olympiad Bangladeshi students win three bronze medals at the International AI Olympiad