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Applied AI in Bangladesh
The record holds 24 entries from Bangladesh, across 7 industries, led by Government & Public Sector, then Finance & Insurance. Last updated 29 Oct 2026.
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DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh17 Sep 2026
Bangladesh's TCB adds AI monitoring to subsidised goods distribution
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh — Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has built AI subsidy monitoring into digital operations that Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir opened on 17 September. Officials can follow sales and hand-outs area by area, a form of real-time distribution tracking, for roughly 7.9 million beneficiaries. Savings this fiscal year could reach Tk 3 billion to Tk 3.5 billion against last year.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh28 Aug 2026
Bangladesh tax authority plans Korshathi AI chatbot
National Board of Revenue, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's National Board of Revenue (NBR) is developing Korshathi, an AI chatbot for tax filing to demystify income tax, VAT and customs duties. A World Bank-funded revenue mobilisation scheme funds the effort, letting the tool render dense rules into everyday language while pulling citizen records through National Identity Card numbers. Officials describe it as a digital tax companion, streamlining access to state services.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh24 Aug 2026
Bangladesh PMO trains officials in strategic AI use
Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's Governance Innovation Unit ran a five-day course on strategic use of AI tools and cyber security for Prime Minister's Office staff. The Public Administration Advisor pledged phased rollout nationwide, tied to wider AI adoption in public administration, plus a national AI policy and government AI assistants.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh8 Jul 2026
Bangladesh to deploy AI-powered customs risk management system
National Board of Revenue, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's National Board of Revenue plans AI customs risk management, an Automated Risk Management System (ARMS) expected to nearly halve dwell time at Chattogram port. Replacing random picks, machine-learning screening will choose import containers for physical inspection by traders' compliance and risk profiles, under the World Bank-backed National Single Window project.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh15 Jun 2026
UNESCO and Bangladesh launch AI training for civil servants
Government of Bangladesh and UNESCO — Dhaka hosted three days of AI training for civil servants under UNESCO and the Government of Bangladesh, pulling ministry staff across procurement and ICT roles. BRAC University and North South University taught within UNESCO's AI Ethics Experts Without Borders network, covering design, ethics and oversight. This builds public-sector AI capacity building nationwide.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh2026-04
Dhaka police link traffic cameras to AI violation detection
Dhaka Metropolitan Police — Dhaka police linked city traffic cameras to AI traffic enforcement software in April 2026 for automatic violation detection, from illegal parking to lane and signal breaches. Officers check each case before a fine, owners get a text message, and at least 300 vehicles have been prosecuted, with serious offenders fined and others warned. Manual enforcement will gradually end, police said.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh28 Jan 2026
Bangladesh publishes draft National AI Policy 2026-2030
ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh — A tiered, risk-based Bangladesh AI policy draft covering 2026-2030 is now open for public comment via the ICT Division. Mass surveillance and social scoring are banned, high-risk systems must pass algorithmic impact assessments, and a permanent AI Act is due by 2028. Interim officials describe it as their second attempt at national AI regulation, joining sovereignty goals with growth incentives through a new AI Innovation Fund.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh15 Dec 2025
Bangladesh launches kagoj.ai, a Bangla-language AI platform for official use
ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh — kagoj.ai, Bangladesh's first Bangla-language AI platform, has gone live from the ICT Division alongside 'July', a new government typeface. Nearly 4,000 volunteers trialled it over a fortnight before official debut. Authorities plan to release the API and code openly, while extending efforts to gather spoken-word data from ethnic minority communities using this AI platform built for Bangla.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh28 Jul 2025
National AI Policy Committee
Information and Communication Technology Division (ICT Division) — Bangladesh set up the National AI Policy Committee to steer its Bangladesh AI policy work. The panel mixes officials, academics, industry figures and international experts, and has run three steering sessions: the 1st, 2nd and 3rd meetings, in August and October. These sittings mark early momentum on national AI regulation.
Government of Bangladesh — Bangladesh is first in South Asia to punish AI-powered offences, addressing artificial intelligence misuse under the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 gazetted 21 May 2025. The interim government's law scraps nine sections of the 2023 Cyber Security Act, grants internet access as a civic right, bans online gambling, and penalises abuse of women and children online.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorBangladesh2020-03
National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence Bangladesh
Information and Communication Technology Division (ICT Division) — Six pillars anchor Bangladesh AI policy: agriculture, health, education, manufacturing and public service delivery, defined by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division through the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence. Execution spans a five-year national AI strategy timeline to 2024, with a proposed task force and steering committee reporting to the Division.
RegulationFinance & InsuranceBangladesh28 Jun 2026
Office Order Restricting Use of AI Tools with Confidential Data
Bangladesh Bank — Bangladesh Bank has barred staff from entering confidential or sensitive banking data into AI tools under any circumstances, a directive dated 28 June 2026 that marks a step in the country's emerging AI governance in banking. Officials must now secure sign-off from the relevant authority before using AI tools in banking use cases such as drafting notes, shaping policy or analysing data.
Islami Bank launches AI-powered voice assistant CellFin Echo
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC — Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC debuts CellFin Echo inside CellFin, the nation's first tool for AI banking in Bangladesh driven purely by speech. Speaking plain English, users check balances, move funds, settle bills, pull ATM codes or view statements via this spoken assistant. CellFin already counts nearly 5.7 million users.
DeploymentFinance & InsuranceBangladesh25 Nov 2025
Prime Bank launches AI-powered digital LC platform Prime Banijjo
Prime Bank PLC — Prime Bank PLC now offers Bangladesh's first AI-powered digital letter of credit management platform, Prime Banijjo. Clients get automated drafting, compliance screening and live tracking, easing paperwork and speeding turnaround across the LC lifecycle. First for AI in trade finance locally, per the bank.
Dhaka Bank launches AI-driven digital loan app eRin Device
Dhaka Bank PLC — Dhaka Bank PLC's eRin Device APP gives Bangladesh its first AI-driven digital loan platform, built with Samsung Electronics and Banglalink for financing smartphones and smart devices. AI-based lending now judges creditworthiness and speeds approvals for service professionals, micro-entrepreneurs and underserved communities.
DeploymentFinance & InsuranceBangladesh20 Aug 2025
Community Bank launches AI-powered credit scoring for MSMEs
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC — MSME lending in Bangladesh now runs through an AI credit scoring for MSMEs tool built by Community Bank Bangladesh PLC with partners PriyoShop and Insights Genie, the first alternative scoring model of its kind in the country. Rather than relying on collateral, it weighs demographic data, purchase patterns, psychometric signals and behavioural analytics to judge creditworthiness, opening short-term loans to small retailers long excluded from formal banking via a fast eKYC process. This small business credit assessment marks a shift from conventional collateral-based lending.
DeploymentFinance & InsuranceBangladesh13 May 2025
MTB launches Bangladesh's first AI voice contact centre agent
Mutual Trust Bank PLC — Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) became the first lender in Bangladesh to roll out an AI voice contact centre agent, letting account holders speak commands for balance inquiries, card activation and PIN generation rather than punching keypad options or sitting on hold. Available 24/7, the tool sharpens its own replies over time via machine learning, functioning as an AI virtual assistant for banking that keeps improving with use.
RegulationFinance & InsuranceBangladesh14 Jun 2023
Guidelines to Establish Digital Bank
Bangladesh Bank — Bangladesh Bank's Guidelines to Establish Digital Bank mandate round-the-clock AI-powered complaint handling in digital banking, under Section 9.3. Every licensed digital bank must run a system driven by artificial intelligence that will automatically settle transaction disputes, with no downtime allowed.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesBangladesh7 Sep 2025
Labaid launches AI platform with clinician assistant and chatbot at Dhaka hospital
Labaid Group — Labaid Group debuted two AI healthcare tools at Labaid Cancer Hospital and Super Speciality Centre in Dhaka: Labaid-GPT, giving physicians rapid, evidence-based recommendations from treatment guidelines and clinical records, and LUNA, an AI-driven clinical support chatbot cycling through eight functions from nursing to legal counsel. Eight patents protect the pair, unveiled 7 September 2025.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesBangladesh31 Aug 2025
BMU opens country's first robotic rehabilitation centre with 22 AI robots
Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) Super Specialized Hospital — A new robotic rehabilitation centre, Bangladesh's first, has opened at Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) Super Specialized Hospital, cramming 57 machines, 22 of them AI-driven, into 8,000 square feet below ground. Stroke-related paralysis and long-term nerve disorders now fall within reach of trial care there, scaling toward 50 people served each day at full tilt. Nurjahan Begum cut the ribbon, backed by Chinese government money behind the AI rehabilitation robotics push.
DeploymentEducation & TrainingBangladesh12 Feb 2025
Shikho launches AI-powered learning assistant for Bangla-speaking students
Shikho — Bangladesh-based edtech company Shikho unveiled a beta AI tutoring assistant for Bangla-speaking students, running on generative models fine-tuned for Bangla-language processing to narrow academic gaps. This AI-powered doubt-solving platform for students serves paying subscribers first, ahead of rollout to teachers, parents and schools. A freemium option follows, designed for cheap smartphones and minimal data use.
DeploymentLegal & Professional ServicesBangladesh24 Nov 2025
Bangladesh launches e-Family Court platform in Dhaka and Chattogram
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Bangladesh — Daffodil International University and Daffodil Software Ltd built Bangladesh's e-Family Court platform free of charge to government. Dhaka Family Court-5 switched on first; Chattogram Family Court-1 followed on 30 November 2025, enabling online filing, digital records and partial remote hearings. About 250 to 300 judiciary, law ministry and Supreme Court staff piloted the family court digitisation system beforehand.
Banglalink launches Bangladesh's first AI-powered complaint management system
Banglalink — Bangladesh gets its first telecom AI-powered complaint management system, launched by Banglalink. Handset, SIM and network readings feed the tool, which flags faults and drafts self-diagnosis reports largely without staff, escalating unsolved cases to a live agent. The launch adds an AI-driven diagnostic layer to the country's telecom customer support.
PriyoShop lets Bangladeshi retailers place orders by Bangla voice
PriyoShop — PriyoShop has added AI voice ordering for retailers: shopkeepers on the B2B distribution platform speak everyday Bangla to place and manage orders, and software identifies products and quantities. Every active PriyoShop retailer gets the spoken-order tool, built for MSME shopkeepers.
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Every entry on this page is a named organisation putting AI to work in a real job, taken from the State of Applied AI record. Each one is traced to the report it came from and dated, and where a figure is the organisation’s own the entry says so rather than presenting it as an independent result. Readiness, ecosystem and policy figures, where shown, are attributed on the card to the body that published them.
The record is maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI: entries are added as they are found and verified, not on a schedule, and nothing is published without an open source behind it. It currently holds 4731 entries across 249 countries.
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