science and technology

What Bangladesh can learn from C. N. Yang’s legacy

As Bangladesh aspires to transform itself into a knowledge-based economy, Yang's story carries both inspiration and instruction
19 October 2025, 08:53 AM

Scientists build a fully 2D, non-silicon computer

A team of researchers at Penn State University have created a working computer using ultra-thin, two-dimensional materials instead of silicon, potentially paving the way for thinner, faster, and more energy-efficient electronics. 
15 June 2025, 08:19 AM

Top 10 science breakthroughs in 2017

Here are the top ten scientific discoveries of 2017 which hold the potential to enhance the advancement of human civilisation and change our very understanding of the universe as a whole.
2 January 2018, 04:31 AM

BINA most noted research institution

Bangladesh Institute for Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) is selected for the prize of Science and Technology in the category of most noted research institution in Islamic Development Bank’s least developed member countries.
3 March 2016, 13:45 PM

Hawking: Humans at risk of lethal 'own goal'

According to Professor Stephen Hawking, humanity is at risk from a series of dangers of our own making.
19 January 2016, 12:48 PM

Advanced gravity hunt is green lit

One of the great physics experiments of our age looks ready to begin its quest.
20 May 2015, 15:40 PM