The Ministry of Commerce is building capacity to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for analysing import-export data, monitoring market prices, and reviewing World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreements and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). A five-day special training programme has also begun for officials to utilise AI in government policy formulation and decision-making.
Police have recovered a pistol, a revolver and 6 rounds of bullets from a garbage dump in Khilgaon in the capital.
Two more deaths from dengue were reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities this year to 61. During the same period, 672 new patients were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease.
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Amir Mamunul Haque has called for removing the facial features of human sculptures displayed at the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum after visiting the museum on Sunday.
Police have arrested Mizanur Rahman Mizan, popularly known as 'Viral Mizan' on social media, over allegations of obstructing government work and engaging in altercations with law enforcement personnel while authorities were disconnecting illegal electricity connections in Agargaon, Dhaka.
With the presidential election approaching, political circles in the country are abuzz with speculation. The ruling BNP is yet to finalise its candidate, with discussions within the party's policy-making circles centring around four senior leaders. Meanwhile, in contrast to the likelihood of a BNP-only contest, the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance has already announced Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Colonel (retd.) Oli Ahmed Bir Bikram as its candidate.