WinTK Editorial Desk
Technology updates, digital policy coverage, and practical ICT insights shaping Bangladesh today.
Bangladesh Bank launched NPSB interoperability in November 2025, allowing direct transfers between bKash, Nagad, Rocket, and bank accounts for the first time. This is how the system works, what every transfer costs, and what happened when the two biggest operators skipped launch day.
Bangladesh has 650,000 active freelancers — the second-largest online workforce in the world — earning over $500 million annually. Here is how every major platform compares in 2026, with commission rates, payment methods, and honest advice on where to start.
Bangladesh has published its National AI Policy 2026-2030 draft, its most detailed government roadmap for artificial intelligence to date. The country wrote its first AI strategy in 2020 — most of it was never implemented.
Bangladesh now has more than seventy AI companies operating out of Dhaka alone, with global investors including Google Cloud and Amazon backing local founders. Here are the ten companies building the future of AI in Bangladesh in 2026.
Bangladesh's 77.7 million internet users include a booming creator economy — yet most streamers and YouTubers navigate DMCA copyright rules without institutional support. A breakdown of how global copyright enforcement works, and what Bangladesh needs to build before the next wave of takedowns hits.
Bangladesh's gaming market is heading toward $2.7 billion by 2029, with 50 million users. PlayStation dominates consoles, but mobile gaming rules — and the battle for South Asia's next generation of gamers is just beginning.
In May 2025, drones were used as strike weapons between two nuclear-armed states for the first time in South Asian history. Bangladesh is already building its own drone arsenal — and the rules haven't caught up.
SolarWinds hit 18,000 organizations through a trusted software update. Bangladesh's 200-website National Data Center faces the same supply chain risk — and its defenses aren't ready yet.
North Korea's Lazarus Group stole $81 million from Bangladesh Bank in 2016 — and is still active. In 2025, Bangladesh has 132 million internet users, a new Cyber Security Ordinance, and serious structural gaps in its digital defenses.
Bangladesh signed drone factory deals with China and Turkey, drafted a National AI Policy 2026-2030, and ordered Eurofighter jets — all in one year. The technology transformation is real. The governance framework to manage it is not yet ready.
As 11 EU countries ban Huawei and Canada joins Western allies in restricting 5G Chinese equipment, Bangladesh finally launched commercial 5G in September 2025 — with Huawei as a partner. How should Bangladesh navigate the global telecom wars while building the digital infrastructure it urgently need
From France's €25M iPhone throttling fine to the EU's €500M DMA penalty in 2025, Apple's regulatory reckoning reveals what consumer protection in digital markets looks like — and what Bangladesh's booming $7.5B e-commerce sector urgently needs.