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Zarif Faiaz

Zarif Faiaz is a journalist, communications specialist, and a tech-policy researcher based out of Dhaka. He is the editor of the Tech & Startup section at The Daily Star and a fellow at the Tech Global Institute. Reach him at [email protected].

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To build like Shanghai, start with Dhaka's east

12 July 2026, 11:00 AM
We live it every day, and Dhaka’s unliveability is simply undeniable.
12 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Un-erasable: This open-access digital archive is preserving evidence of war from Gaza

10 July 2026, 20:16 PM
ArchiveGenocide brings together tens of thousands of videos and photographs, as researchers race to protect potentially important material from deletion, censorship and digital decay
10 July 2026, 20:16 PM
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Palestinians are creating a digital archive to safeguard a history under threat

10 July 2026, 13:59 PM
Hundreds of thousands of photographs, letters and personal records are being preserved across multiple countries as Gaza’s cultural institutions face widespread destruction.
10 July 2026, 13:59 PM
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Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, and his empire of ashes

15 June 2026, 17:11 PM
This week, for the first time in recorded history, a single human being's net worth crossed the trillion-dollar threshold. And yet, look past the headline figure, and the empire generating it looks less like a triumphant monument and more like a building site after a fire alarm. Several, actually.
15 June 2026, 17:11 PM
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Asus bets on AI PCs as Bangladesh market enters ‘high growth’ phase

5 May 2026, 16:32 PM
Peter Chang, General Manager, Asia Pacific, Consumer Business at Asus, speaks to The Daily Star about the company’s latest AI PC lineup, Bangladesh’s growth potential, component price pressures, and why he believes AI PCs are more than a marketing trend.
5 May 2026, 16:32 PM
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Make ICT policy a priority, not a side show

25 February 2026, 00:09 AM
In a fast-moving policy landscape, delay is often punished. By the time a state realises a law is unworkable, or that a regulatory approach has fallen behind, the world may have already moved on.
25 February 2026, 00:09 AM
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Data frontiers : Where does Bangladesh fit in the global privacy debate?

20 January 2026, 07:48 AM
Data has become the raw material of modern power. It fuels artificial intelligence, guides advertising, shapes credit decisions, and underpins everything from ride hailing to national identity systems.
20 January 2026, 07:48 AM
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How the Dutch East India Company invented the MNC

6 January 2026, 08:03 AM
On a March day in 1602, the Dutch Republic tried to solve a problem of commerce with a piece of statecraft. Rival merchant groups were bidding up the cost of spices in Asia, squeezing profits at home, while the war for independence from Spain made overseas trade inseparable from national security.
6 January 2026, 08:03 AM

Sweet November

November starts on a good note for us. We finally get to take a new ride out for a spin after a zillion years and we’re so happy that we slammed it for the feature story this week. Turn to the centrefold to read us gushing over the new Honda Civic 2022 and drool over all the pretty pictures we took of the car.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Oh, another digital marketing agency? Tell me about it

This week, we mainly talk about the career prospect of that fresh graduate kid whose planning to get into a marketing firm.
28 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Only ‘90s kids would remember

This issue is all about living the ‘90s dream. I mean, we feature a tribute to Grand Theft Auto in the centrefold. Need we say more?
21 October 2021, 18:00 PM

It’s 2021, can we rely on tech yet?

This week, we explore how reliable technology actually is when it comes to personal shopping and other duties.
14 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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6 Bangladeshi militant groups, 1 individual in Facebook’s secret blacklist

Facebook has developed a secret blacklist of over 4000 individuals and organisations across the world that the social media giant considers “dangerous”, as a part of its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations (DIO) policy, according to internal Facebook documents, as revealed by The Intercept.
13 October 2021, 09:20 AM

A new day

October’s second issue begins as a new day as we, the toggle helm team, is reduced to a ragtag assembly of two. Quartermaster Nahaly Nafisa Khan jumped ship and it’s just me and the captain holding the deck for now.
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Inside the Facebook blackout: How the social media giant lost $7bn in a day

On Monday, around 10 PM BST, Facebook and its other services--including WhatsApp and Instagram--went completely down, in a massive outage that’s thought to be the worst since 2019. The websites were restored nearly 12 hours later, after an unprecedented interruption in global communications and the internet economy. 
5 October 2021, 12:22 PM
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Offline Siri, 3D maps, screen sharing: Here’s what’s new in Apple’s iOS 15

Apple has finally released the iOS 15 for the public and it’s available to download now in Bangladesh. We have received our first update and here are the key highlights:
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM

The future is now, old man!

The future is upon us. I mean, soon, as everything looks almost set for us to step into the EV era. So, this week, we explore where our electric future stands.
23 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Time to get back in the world

This new normal is here to stay, that much we know for sure. But as the world around us slowly starts to open up following mass vaccination drives and whatnot, it’s time to prepare ourselves to get back into the world. We, as much as you lot, missed
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM

All about living the good life

In the constantly shifting digital world, it gets tough to keep track of what’s new on the market every now and then. But as brands race each other to grab your attention, we are here to streamline that process for you.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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At long last, a ‘Foundation’

Originally published as a series of short stories in the 1940s, the Foundation series—expanded later with a string of prequels and sequels—became Asimov’s greatest contribution to the genre and remains, to this day, one of the greatest reads for any SF connoisseur. 
30 August 2021, 07:28 AM
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Do users really need those?

Social media users are seemingly sceptical of the government’s move to introduce home-grown alternatives to Facebook, WhatsApp and other digital platforms.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Twitter launches new tools to report covid misinformation

Users will be able to report misinformation in the same way that they can report harassment or other harmful content, starting today, via the dropdown menu at the top right of every tweet.
19 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Gender gap in mobile phone usage remains to be closed, study finds

GSMA, an industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide has recently published a report on the gender gap in mobile use.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM

A very different beginning

As I write this note, I have lost count of how many days it has been since we’ve resorted to home-office. It takes a toll on your mental health, and I can’t begin to imagine what a different world it must be for those who are just beginning their careers.
5 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Jamuna’s investment in Evaly: What does it actually mean?

Since yesterday, one of the most talked-about topics in Bangladeshi social media is industrial conglomerate Jamuna Group’s announcement of investing up to Tk 1,000 crore in the e-commerce platform Evaly. The sheer figure astounded many as it is the largest amount of investment the country has ever seen in its e-commerce industry. Initially, Jamuna Group will invest Tk 200 crore, and the rest in phases. 
28 July 2021, 15:37 PM
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Facebook gets into the newsletter game with ‘Bulletin’

With a new service called Bulletin, Facebook is getting into the subscription newsletter business, allowing writers to create free and paid newsletters that can be shared across
1 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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How a group of rural freelancers made internet available at flat rate across the country

On June 6, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), fixed the maximum tariff for broadband internet across the country at Tk 500 a month for using a broadband connection with a minimum internet speed of 5 Mbps. Behind the scenes, the credit goes to a small community of freelancers in Kushtia who have been campaigning for internet equality for the last 5 years or so. This is their story.
24 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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It’s all about finding your worth

This week, we ask an ages-old question: are unpaid internships worth it? Do you really want to spend your valuable time (and money, in some
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

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