Shams Rashid Tonmoy

It goes without saying that this whopping 20% increase in import duty for software is a massive one. Not only does it mean an increased price tag for essential software like Word and Windows OS, but it also reduces the accessibility of premium, full versions of such software for local users.

With that, another weekend rolls in, bringing in better promises for a brighter future.

With Google recently releasing Bard as a potential competitor for ChatGPT, you might be wondering the obvious question: which is better among the two AI chatbots?

This year's World Cup of Pokémon qualifiers featured over 200 players from 17 teams, each representing their countries/continents to claim the final three spots in the main knockoff series.

TECNO is known by fans as a reliable provider of affordable smartphones for those on a budget. Their latest release, TECNO SPARK 10 Pro, caters to the budget market once again, this time focusing mostly on the camera performance. 

Meet Gold Kinen - a local app where one can buy, sell and store gold using their own personal vault.

This week’s Cover Story is all about being safe from fire hazards, and how you can stay one ahead of such unfortunate occurrences.

Trucks have always played a critical role in the economic and logistics development of Bangladesh. Not only are they a reliable method of transporting large quantities of goods across distant areas, but their versatility in construction, mining and manufacturing jobs also makes them an irreplaceable asset in the transport industry.

Bangladesh is home to about 16.5 million farmers, constituting about 28% of the country's 170 million population.

Turn to this week’s Cover Story to learn about AlapChari, the chatbot that receives questions and answers them in our glorious mother tongue. 

A chabot that runs on the same language model as ChatGPT, AlapChari can provide coherent responses to users' questions in Bangla.

Despite the very first video games stemming from the 1950s, it wasn’t until the popularity of arcades and home consoles in the 1980s that video games truly entered worldwide pop culture.

Is Bangladesh ready to embrace the electric dream? That’s exactly what we discuss in this week’s Cover Story.

With that, welcome to 2023. Happy new year everyone.

Before the year officially ends, let's take a look at the biggest tech happenings in 2022.

And with that, the second last issue of the year! See you next weekend for the 2022 wrapup!

Out of sight but not out of mind.

Welcome to the 9th generation of Pokémon.

Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, the global data storage management company NetApp has been making strides in Bangladesh for over 17 years and counting.

See you next weekend. Until then.