The working man's guide to beat the traffic

Class is out and degree in hand, you walk out the halls of education one last time, gowns flowing in the wind, graduation caps in the
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM

First Impressions

When was the last time you used Internet Explorer? Sure it crashed and burned and froze your computer and caused you pain that left
26 March 2015, 18:55 PM

Weathering the corporate storm

When people say office politics does not exist in their workplace, they are fatally wrong. According to Marie G. McIntyre, a career coach and an organisational psychologist, office politics is “being smart about how you manage the relationships at work.”
26 March 2015, 18:55 PM

Spring clean your career

While the traditional idea of “spring cleaning” may not seem like your style, it's a great time to go through your life and your career to
26 March 2015, 18:32 PM

The young and the restless

Sharif Shaham, CEO of Elite Technologies, is one of the youngest leaders of the tech industry. This passionate go-getter talks about entrepreneurship, business and technology with The Daily Star.
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM

How to get away with white lies

There are times when post-scripts and clarifications need to be given at the start. So in case my boss or any potential future employer
19 March 2015, 18:00 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

The curious case of the missing sanity

These stories tend to start with – “It was just another normal day at the office.” Not true. You know you saw it coming from a mile
12 March 2015, 20:09 PM

Leadership in education

Gerardo Blanco is an assistant professor of the Department of Leadership in Education, at the University of
12 March 2015, 19:55 PM

Bridging academics and real life

In the developing world, government funding for academic research and development has always been miniscule. In fact, the top
12 March 2015, 19:55 PM

a2i celebrates Women’s Day

To celebrate International Woman's Day 2015, Access to Information (a2i) of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) with the technical
12 March 2015, 19:55 PM

101 rules to follow on Wikipedia

I am sure your parents taught you all the ABCs and nursery rhymes well enough. And even if you decided that all those manners and
5 March 2015, 19:12 PM

NSU YES! announces Masters of Ideation 2015

Hailing from BUP, team Meraki consisted of fresh undergrads seeking to make their mark in the business competition arena. What really
5 March 2015, 19:12 PM

Wikipedia co-founder’s take on entrepreneurship

There is a saying: “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't.” It is true that every entrepreneur has a different tale about why he or she decided to start a business. No matter how diverse and weird and crazy the story might seem, all would agree that being an entrepreneur is great. This week we talked with Wikipedia co-founder and American internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales during his short trip to Dhaka about his take on entrepreneurship.
5 March 2015, 19:12 PM

Dissecting the success of Unilever Bangladesh

With more than 17 years of experience in human resources, brand communication and corporate communication under her belt, Mononita Syed-Haq became the first female director on the management committee when she joined as Human Resource Director at Unilever Bangladesh Ltd (UBL).
26 February 2015, 18:00 PM

Of paper planes and pen fights

It started out as something quite harmless. That one page application that he needed to submit to his university – why not take a print from the office – it is just one page after all. Next week when the eight page copy-pasted assignment needed to be printed out, the office printer was again the obvious choice.
26 February 2015, 18:00 PM

The British Council and SDC hold policy dialogue on social enterprise

The British Council in partnership with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) organised a policy dialogue titled “Social Enterprise: Policy and Practice” in Dhaka at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on the 25 and 26 February, 2015.
26 February 2015, 18:00 PM

Old time office supplies

As much as we all love a bit of vintage charm around the office now and then, there are some things that just have to go.
26 February 2015, 18:00 PM

Panic at the cubicle: The dos and don'ts

Music invokes the deepest emotions in me. That must be the reason I have the most intense feeling of rage and fantasise of scenarios
19 February 2015, 19:19 PM

Workplace playlist

Research says coffee shop sounds improve concentration - those hipsters got something right! Coffitivity is a website which produces coffee shop ambiance to help you focus. Classical music has been known to do the same and we recommend Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major. For something more contemporary go for Radiohead’s Nude or Max Richter’s Infra 5.
19 February 2015, 19:19 PM