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How Shwapno redefined retail mindset: From closure threat to innovation-driven market leader

How Shwapno redefined retail mindset: From closure threat to innovation-driven market leader

When Nasir took charge in 2012, ACI Group had initially tasked him with winding down the struggling venture.

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS

Creative destruction, Bangladeshi style

Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin. Sketch: TBS

Bashir calls for major innovation drive in furniture sector

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World’s first pig-to-human liver transplant gives scientists new hope

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Buildings turn to ‘ice batteries’ for greener air conditioning

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Scientists create human eggs from skin cells in a breakthrough

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Is space-based solar power the future of energy?

Photo: Jeff Dowling

New AI tool can predict risk of more than a thousand diseases, 20 years ahead

City halls have a unique ability to amass broad-based support from business, civil society and residents. Illustration: DrAfter123/Digital Vision Vectors via Getty Images/Bloomberg

Innovation investment growth at 15-year-low: UN

Bangladeshi stalls at Texworld Paris 2025. Photo: Courtesy

20 Bangladeshi exhibitors participate in Texworld Paris 2025

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Scientists launch first-ever quantum computer in space

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Chinese scientists unveil world’s most powerful optical computing chip

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Xiaomi eyes a future beyond Qualcomm with its in-house Xring O1 chip