Asif Ayon — Writer & Reporter
Asif Ayon Writer, Researcher & Copy Editor

I write and edit.
Then I edit what I wrote.

Experienced working across newsrooms, digital marketing, public relations, and NGO-led research and communication. Newsroom pieces, reviews, and search-led content — edited as carefully as they are written.

39
Tech articles
24
Gaming articles
13
Broad topics
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Highlighted features

Reported feature · 2026

The Bangladeshi freelancers quietly training the world's AI

The ceiling — encompassing red-teaming, specialist reviews and policy work — pays well and remains insulated from automation. The issue is that much of Bangladesh's capacity and training efforts are geared towards teaching simple, repetitive tasks.

Market · 2018

IoT on the Rise in the Local Market

Door locks, security cameras, LED lights — and a Dhaka firm quietly signing to wire smart-home tech into 10,000 homes in Tokyo.

Telecom · 2019

2019: The Year When 5G Internet Service Becomes Reality

Four countries had 5G at the time when this was written. BTRC was promising a national rollout by 2021. A reality check, minus the engineering jargon.

Policy · 2018

Unforeseen Casualties of the Tech and Trade War

“A 25% tariff on small components can increase the price of a finished product by as much as 3%.” Tariffs, traced down to the capacitor.

Geopolitics · 2019

The Huawei and Donald Trump Debacle

A ban, a company, and a week of whiplash — untangled into a simple timeline.

Business · 2022

A Cleaner and Greener Transformation of Banking Operations

Commissioned sustainability reporting for a national supplement.

Digital economy · 2018

Bangladesh Imposes Tax on YouTube, Facebook and Google Ads

A tax change explained in the terms that matter to the agencies and creators paying it.

Essay · 2022

To My Hometown, Over the Mighty Padma Bridge

Ten hours to Khulna became four. Tk 1,100 in tolls, five and a half minutes on the bridge, and a golden hour worth paying for.

Review · 2019

A Week with the HP Spectre x360 13

Seven days with a Tk 155,000 laptop: a power button I couldn't find, a 22-hour battery claim, and a Netflix binge that ended at 30%.

Buyer’s guide · 2018

Graphics Card Comparison: How to Buy the Right GC in 2019

A search-led buying guide — specs, prices and honest trade-offs for a local market.

Explainer · 2018

The Evolution of the Internet as We Know It

Decades of infrastructure compressed into one readable arc.

Poetry · 2017

Bug (Short Story)

A poem.

The review desk

Phones, laptops, speakers, monitors, graphics cards. Spec sheets are the easy part — the job is telling a reader on a real budget whether it's worth it.

Hands-on, price-in-Bangladesh
and buyer's-guide formats
Asif Ayon
About me

My experience

I'm a writer, sub-editor and researcher living in Dhaka. I've written for Bangladeshi English-language dailies since 2017 — around a hundred bylined pieces across technology, business, culture, music and gaming desks, plus reported features built on original interviews.

Between newsrooms my work has been research-shaped: qualitative fieldwork and literature reviews in development research, risk reporting in maritime security, content planning and press releases in PR, and SEO writing in finance and forex. BSS in Economics and MA in Development Studies.

Expertise
SEO content writing Keyword research Feature writing & interviewing Copy editing & editorial audits Qualitative research & fieldwork Survey design Data cleaning & analysis (Excel) Press releases & PR calendars Transcription & translation
asifayon2996@gmail.com LinkedIn Dhaka, Bangladesh

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