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Shaer Reaz

Whom do information blackouts during protests ultimately benefit?

Internet shutdown is one of the major aspects of control that the Awami League government has exercised to curb the protests.
24 July 2024, 09:05 AM

How startups and apps are angling to solve elder-care and digital loneliness for 2024

In the long list of problems that startups want to address on a global scale (and largely have, despite a shrinking of the tech startup industry in recent times), health and wellness has always taken a slight backseat to problems like mobility, connectivity and ways of work.
17 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Makers 2: Connecting to the Soul

Aloki's premises buzzed with an unusual crowd — a rare sight for any event in Dhaka. This was the second appearance of the Dhaka Makers event at Aloki on Gulshan-Tejgaon Link Road, with the view of supporting and nurturing the rich arts and crafts culture of Dhaka. Workshops were organised that helped people reconnect to rustic Bengal, and also to come closer to nature.
6 February 2024, 11:33 AM

Hand over that keycard, 2022: Your access has been revoked

Many things happened in the expansive, sprawling world of tech in 2022 and most were less than desirable.
31 December 2022, 17:00 PM

Elon Musk is a vigilante superhero. That’s terrible news for everyone

For technology to truly reshape the world, we must move away from worshipping the cult of personality
20 November 2022, 12:23 PM

Masculinity, toxicity and ‘bro’ culture: Learnings from the locker room

Last month, amidst a seemingly sudden uptick in the number of rape cases across the country, the Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health released a study that showed 63 percent of participants—11,102 male respondents aged between 15 and 24, from all 64 districts (81 urban and 289 rural clusters)—believed that beating their wives is justified if they are denied sex.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Cutting ties with a giant: Viber CEO on Facebook relations and #StopHateForProfit

Since the United States erupted in a spate of protests against systemic racism and racial violence last May, a slew of companies have banded together and boycotted business ties with Facebook. This week, Toggle reached out to Rakuten Viber CEO Djamel Agaoua, who answered our questions about the messaging platform cutting business ties with Facebook.
27 August 2020, 18:00 PM

In remembrance: Niloufer Manzur

Three former students of the principal and founder of Sunbeams school remembers the pioneering educationist,
26 May 2020, 11:06 AM

Dirty Business: 2015 Rallycross concludes

The second Rallycross event for Bangladesh ended with a motley assortment of cars posting very surprising times.
13 April 2015, 03:38 AM

Sun, Dirt, Fun

Last year's highlight event for the Bangladeshi car enthusiast crowd was definitely the Nitol-Tata Rallycross Championship. It featured
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Jeremy Clarkson sacked from BBC's Top Gear

Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear presenter, sacked by the BBC after physically assaulting a senior producer of the show. And this is the end of Top Gear as we know it.
25 March 2015, 18:29 PM

Sleeper Beast

A mid-2000s family sedan gets a lethal performance makeover: 2ZZ-GE powered 2003 Toyota Premio.
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Fuel and fire: 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI

Autosmith tuned 600+ AWHP Mitsubishi Evo 6. A continuously evolving monster thrill-fest on wheels.
20 March 2015, 21:07 PM

Face time with Waiz Rahim, founder of the local crowd-funding platform Projekt.co

Projekt.co is a recently launched, locally based crowd-funding platform. We catch up with the startup site's founder, Waiz.
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Ford's Contender

Ford's Contender in the 1960's battle for dominance in Europe against Japanese upstarts: the Cortina.
17 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The startup culture

The number of university graduates who are frustrated with the job market and the stagnating situation they find themselves in is
11 March 2015, 20:19 PM

Supercar showdown at Geneva

Under the magnificently bright lights at the Geneva Auto Show, Europe's supercar playground, sat a whole bunch of breathtaking machines.
10 March 2015, 18:53 PM

RSPECT EARNED

RSPECT EARNED
10 March 2015, 18:45 PM

Tab-ula Rasa

Laptops, like other specimens of the 'modern' tech era, have been reduced to nothing more than bumbling dinosaurs staring up as a giant asteroid plummets to earth, soon to destroy what relevance they once had at the top of the food chain.
9 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Dawn Run

This is the fourth Evolution we've featured on Project Cars, and it's a testament to how rapidly things have changed in the local automotive scene. It takes dedication and a solid understanding of performance cars to own, drive and tune a Lancer Evolution, and we have truly come a long way from the days of simple engine swaps.
3 March 2015, 18:42 PM

Club Gt Celebrates 7 Years

Club GT, one of the biggest automotive enthusiast clubs in Dhaka, has recently stepped into its 7th year as a unit.
24 February 2015, 18:00 PM

Veiled aggression (or not): 2003 Mazda RX8 Type E

The Veilside name is well-known in Japanese tuner circles, and it’s a name that holds a lot of meaning to car enthusiasts who indulge in visual upgrades.
24 February 2015, 18:00 PM

2015 SUVs

The great big 2015 SUV round-up. The best small to mid-size SUVs on sale in Bangladesh.
24 February 2015, 18:00 PM

The Boxing Champ Vs. The Darwinian Victor

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Subaru Impreza WRX STI: sworn rivals, on the street and on the rally stage. Which is better, and why? We find out.
17 February 2015, 18:48 PM

Matte demon: 1998 Honda Accord Torneo

Our photographer foaming at the mouth on the ride home sums up the effect this car would have on people: "Demure and restrained, other than the evil matte black paint and those flared wheel arches, people wouldn't really expect it to be this much fun or this fast."
20 January 2015, 18:00 PM

Red Hot: 1993 Honda Civic EH

A red hot Civic project with a B20B non-VTEC 2.0 liter engine
6 January 2015, 18:00 PM

British Council's Tell-Your-Tale award ceremony

Starting with modest beginnings in 1934, the British Council is currently operating over 190 offices in almost every part of the world, and with over 60 years of operation in Bangladesh, to mark the occasion, British Council Dhaka organized a nationwide competition called Tell-Your-Tale, held across October and November. In response, people across the country have shared their personal tales of growth and fond memories of engagement with the British Council in Bangladesh.
23 December 2014, 12:15 PM

Chasing Perfection: 1998 Toyota Chaser JZX100

First 1-JZGTE engine swap into a Chaser in Bangladesh. Supra power, Chaser looks and (relative) practicality.
2 December 2014, 18:04 PM

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