Technology
Free or paid? How to work out which AI subscription you actually need in 2026
A freelance writer paying about Tk 7,000 a month across three chatbots is a common situation, and usually an avoidable one.
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Bangladesh
Her mother sold her earrings to pay for the course — Mitu Akter now runs an agency from Munshiganj
The equipment barrier is the one nobody budgets for. A borrowed laptop broke twice and a pair of earrings paid the fee — and that, not the…
Bangladesh
His office network is a phone tied to a bamboo pole: how Fazle Elahi freelances from a Kurigram village
A Jahangirnagar postgraduate who ties his phone to a bamboo pole for a hotspot is now a top-rated seller earning $1,500 to $2,000 a month…
Technology
92% of employers have met AI misconduct in hiring, and the graduate who sent 200 applications says refusing to use it is the real disadvantage
An Institute of Student Employers survey of 155 big UK graduate employers found 92% had met or suspected AI misconduct, up from 85%. Most…
Technology
He is 22, he cuts other people's videos into clips, and he says it pays him £120,000 a year. Almost nobody else makes anything
Eknoor Singh, 22, says he makes at least £10,000 a month cutting clients' videos into vertical clips, at up to $3 per 1,000 views. A…
Technology
BASIS gives Bitopia three days to answer allegations that freelancers’ NIDs and passports were used without consent
The allegations are marketplace policy breaches, fake identities and misuse of personal documents. BASIS has promised suspension…
Technology
X sues two creators for farming fake likes to milk its revenue-share scheme. If you earn from posts, read the rules that just changed
X says Bibek Kumar Sen and Jamyang Sherpa ran a network of accounts that liked and replied to each other within seconds of posting, to…
Technology
Nokrek IT turns ten: from a courtyard in Madhupur forest to a lakh trained freelancers
Subir Nokrek earned $75 on his first job in 2017 and started teaching neighbours from his yard. On Friday his institute celebrated its…
Technology
The “freelancer master of Azimpur”: how Kazi Amjad Hossain failed his way to two lakh taka a month and trained 1,500 people, most of them for free
He learned some digital marketing in Mymensingh in 2011, came to Dhaka in 2013, paid for courses in Farmgate that taught nothing, and…
Technology
Software exporters no longer need an Export Registration Certificate — the commerce ministry ends a paperwork demand that was blocking cash incentives
A 17 January notice from the Ministry of Commerce says exports in “non-physical form” — software and IT-enabled services — do not need the…
Technology
Trishna Dio turned down a job in Australia to earn dollars from Kakorkandi village; load-shedding is her only rival
An MBA, a Dhaka HR job she hated, a graphics course in Mymensingh, an $86 first order, and now Tk 60,000-86,000 a month from a Garo village…
Technology
Freelancing 101: what it is, what it is not, and the five marketplaces that actually pay
Freelancing is a way of working, not a job title, and "outsourcing" is what your client does, not you. A plain-language primer from Prothom…