Md Tajul Islam

Staff Sub-Editor. Also the geeky tech guy everyone calls when their screen freezes between work or shows the blue screen of death. He even got his own column named Bytes of Advice. Also loves working with numbers and data visualisation. Can be reached at writemunna@gmail.com for professional queries and at his Facebook (@ItsTajul), where he spends hours every day with mindless scrolling.

Collage of the Android Earthquake Alerts System screenshots posted on the social media on Saturday, 2 December 2023
Tech

Here’s how your Android phone alerts you of an earthquake

Screengrab of IsTomorrowHartal.com captured on Sunday, 12 November 2023.
Bangladesh

IsTomorrowHartal – the website that made Pathao happen

I saw my first ghost as a kid during the day, and it left me scared for life
Features

I saw my first ghost as a kid during the day, and it left me scared for life

Screengrab of a FRIENDS Season 2 episode where Joey looks at the empty couch of Chandler.
Features

Goodbye, Mr Bing

A customers holds the new green colour Apple iPhone 13 pro shortly after it went on sale inside the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, 18 March 2022. Photo: Reuters
Tech

Your iPhone volume buttons' nifty, hidden features

Illustration: TBS
Tech

Now that YouTube Music is available in Bangladesh, should you stick to your Spotify Premium?

Jhantu Majhi poses for a photo with the paddle on his hand in Ratargul Swamp Forest. Photo: Md Tajul Islam
Features

The children of Ratargul swamp go to school, sing songs and sail

An aedes aegypti mosquitoes is seen in The Gorgas Memorial institute for Health Studies laboratory as they conduct a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Panama City February 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters
Health

Here’s how Bti, the larvicide DNCC imported to control dengue, works

A firefighting helicopter drops water as a wildfire burns in Mandra, Greece, July 18, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Environment

Here's what July, hottest month in history, looked like

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

When roads turn into 'highway of death', which way do we go?

Photo: Reuters
Tech

Threads not available in EU: Here’s why

Photo: Reuters
Tech

Threading together Threads: What we know so far

Md Tajul Islam.
Thoughts

Protests suppressed by Covid-19 can shake the post-pandemic world