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ShopUp raises $22.5 million to digitize millions of mom-and-pop shops in Bangladesh

TechCrunch

A startup that is aiming to digitize millions of neighborhood stores in Bangladesh just raised the country’s largest Series A financing round. Like its neighboring nation, India, more than 95% of all retail in Bangladesh goes through neighborhood stores in the country. A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh.

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Google’s AI flood warnings now cover all of India and have expanded to Bangladesh

The Verge

Google says its flood prediction service, which uses machine learning to identify areas of land prone to flooding and alert users before the waters arrive, now covers all of India and has expanded to parts of Bangladesh as well. In June, it hit the milestone of covering all the worst flood-hit areas of India. Image: Google.

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Shikho, an edtech startup focused on Bangladesh’s students, gets $1.3M seed

TechCrunch

In Bangladesh, students often rely on after school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. million seed round co-led by returning investor LearnStart (the seed fund of edtech investment firm Learn Capital) and Anchorless Bangladesh. .

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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Each hour there’s something memorable. Today was an example of this. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals.

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India’s Infra.Market valued at $2.5B in Tiger Global-led $125M funding

TechCrunch

Infra.Market, an Indian startup that is helping construction and real estate companies in the world’s second-most populated nation procure materials and handle logistics for their projects, said on Tuesday it has secured its third financing round in the past nine months. Some of its clients are in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. “We

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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. Last year, the National Police archive was discovered, with an estimated 80 million pages of documents. One thing I am definitely going to do is write the book I've been kicking around for the last five years.

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How to watch Afghanistan vs. South Africa online for free

Mashable Tech

Pakistan , New Zealand, Bangladesh, and India have all started their 2025 ICC Champions Trophy campaigns, and now it's the turn of the teams from Group B. This ODI takes place at the National Bank Stadium. Afghanistan vs. South Africa is the first game from this ultra-competitive group. When is Afghanistan vs. South Africa?