Amiya Halder

Amiya Halder works as In-Charge for Daily Star's weekly career supplement Next Step. She has the daunting task of turning dull, sleep inducing articles into interesting content. She often steps in to create info-graphs which happens to be one of her specialties. Amiya has a recurring worry that her arms are too short for taking selfies, rather like the Tyrannosaurs Rex. This IBA student refuses to let her poor selfie taking skills hamper her team building activities. Most of that involves accepting LAN games of NFS and beating the guys most of the times at races. It's called team building exercise and she practices what she edits.

Nobody the Girl

It was the hour of waking on Winter Solstice and yet a radiant sun was rising on the already bustling borough of Colony. From the first glimmer of sunlight on the shortest day of the year, the citizens of Colony would take the Choice, till the World were momentarily plunged under the cover of darkness. Once the sun rose on the new season, a new Commandant would be named.

5y ago

Invoking the “Mantoiyat”

“This is a particularly timely film and in many ways, and perhaps self-contradicting ways, a comforting film.

6y ago

ALTERED CARBON

Although it's been out for over two months, the visually-thrilling, ultra-pulp tech-noir Altered Carbon has enjoyed relatively little fanfare. Created by Shutter Island screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis, Altered Carbon is set in a depraved new world 400 years in the future. Human consciousness now exists on “stacks”, and if you're rich enough, it can be downloaded and

6y ago

Priyabhashini's orchestrations of carbon

That Ferdousi Priyabhashini's driftwood creations are more sentient than inanimate becomes apparent the second you enter Shilpangan, a contemporary art gallery tucked away in a cosy corner of Dhanmondi 13. Her current exhibition, Megher Shongi, is a tribute to the monsoon, her most loved of the six seasons, and the inspiration for her woodwork orchestrations. With boats and boatsmen, long-legged water-birds, and stranded figurines, her characters and forms look like they've emerged straight out of a tempest.

6y ago
Tickle your intellect this Lit Fest

Tickle your intellect this Lit Fest

It's that time of the year again—to soak in the muted, winter sun on the dewy early-morning lawn, sipping shatkora and lotkon sherbets as you give up body and soul to rapturous lines of poetry, all eyes and ears for the literary luminaries and cultural icons who grace the grounds of Bangla Academy this weekend-and-a-half as Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) returns for its third year.

7y ago

Rules of engagement

A nine-to-five workday spent dangerously close with the opposite sex in a sequestered office cubicle makes it painstakingly difficult for things not to get steamy once in a while.

7y ago

Tall, handsome and deathly—the enduring allure of vampires

Growing up, vampires were never quite the James Deans of the undead that they are today. Vampires that I would encounter were middle-aged, had an unwholesome pallor, the same coiffure as Alfalfa from The Little Rascals, and god-awful vaguely-European accents.

7y ago

Phoenix of Longadu

“After the landslide, it became all too clear where the aid was headed. Of course there would be an inclination to send relief to the Bengalis,” says Mrittika Kamal, Director of Terracotta Creatives and one of the curators of Phoenix of Longadu, a charity exhibition, held between October 16 and 19 at Drik Gallery, dedicated to raising funds for the affected families.

7y ago
December 25, 2015
December 25, 2015

The enabling act

Rumana Rahman, Head of Human Resources at BAT Bangladesh, shares best kept secrets for upcoming talent.

December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015

7 tricks to be more memorable

What's the point of meet someone new if you fail to leave an impression?

December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015

The quick and dirty guide to writing an elevator pitch

Whether it's an interview, a networking event, or just a casual conversation with someone you've just met, the “Tell me about yourself/what do you do?” question never gets any easier.

December 13, 2015
December 13, 2015

Packing tips before you make the big move

Avoid a pre-moving nightmare with these packing tips.

December 11, 2015
December 11, 2015

Inexpensive tricks to redesign your office space

A dreary office space isn't doing any good for your team's happiness or productivity. Take a look at these tips to pimp your workspace without burning a hole in your pocket.

December 4, 2015
December 4, 2015

4 questions likeable people always ask

While some phrases are misleading and induce a negative reaction in the other person, others can instantly improve the mood and your workplace relationships.

November 29, 2015
November 29, 2015

How to make the most of tiny spaces

You've just moved in to your new apartment. And even if it isn't the apartment you deserve, it's the apartment you can afford. You start unpacking when it finally hits you – there's barely enough space for the decades of junk you smugly accumulated back at your parents' ultra-luxurious 3000 square feet mini-mansion. Step up your home décor game with these 5 tricks that will make even the most petite rooms feel spacious.

November 27, 2015
November 27, 2015

Life mapping: The trick to knowing what fits and what doesn't

At the end of the day, many of us feel no closer to our dreams than the day we started. It's easy to get caught up in the rush of working life and find yourself not making the most of your time.

November 20, 2015
November 20, 2015

Easy motivation tips to get more done

Feeling sluggish? Try these simple tricks to get moving again.

November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015

Top 5 roadblocks to productivity [INFOGRAPHIC]

Staying productive is a daily struggle. Wrike conducted a survey and asked participants to rank the productivity roadblocks they face. Here are the top 5 from the the results.