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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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Nabeel Alamgir

Co-founder, Fin.com · Cross-border payments

ROOTSBangladesh RISINGNew York, USA

Born in Bangladesh and raised in Kuwait, he co-founded Fin.com, which raised $20 million in 2026.

Nabeel Alamgir was born in Bangladesh, grew up in Kuwait and moved to New York as a teenager. He first founded Lunchbox, a restaurant technology company.

He then co-founded Fin.com with Mustafa Dar to build cross-border payments. In 2026 the company raised $20 million in a seed round led by Expa and Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, with Coinbase Ventures also investing. Fin.com has offices in Dhaka, Dubai and Bangalore, among other cities.

Sources: The Daily Star

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