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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
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Rooted & Rising 50

Bangladeshi founders building companies across borders. Every one started somewhere in Bangladesh. Here is where they took it.

Founders shown here are drawn from public sources and are not ranked. The final Rooted & Rising 50 will be chosen by an independent panel. Know someone who belongs on the list? Nominate them below.

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