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
January 6, 2017
January 6, 2017

8 freebies to create your own visuals

Check out these 8 super easy-to-use design tools before you splurge on a “professional” for your posts and infographics.

December 16, 2016
December 16, 2016

3 signs you need some me time asap

Whether you're socially normal or not, an extrovert or an introvert, if you're finding yourself wanting to jump out the window just because your co-worker is playing music too loudly, you probably need some alone time.

December 9, 2016
December 9, 2016

One-minute morning routines for the non-morning person

Try these six one-minute ones to ease out of the lazy weekend and into the workweek.

December 6, 2016
December 6, 2016

4 ways to boost your workplace cred

Instead of waiting around for your boss and co-workers to notice you, here’s what you can do to boost your credibility in the workplace.

December 2, 2016
December 2, 2016

How to beat deadline stress [INFOGRAPHIC]

Whether you thrive on deadline stress or prefer to plan out your work over weeks, the pressure gets to you at one point or another. Here are five things you can do to make the process easier.

December 2, 2016
December 2, 2016

4 ways to boost your workplace cred

Instead of waiting around for your boss and co-workers to notice you, here's what you can do to turn your fate around.

November 25, 2016
November 25, 2016

What it means to be Asia's top employer brand

CMO Asia is an independent non-profit council of global marketing leaders that awards the top brands in the continent for exhibiting excellence in various arenas. At this year’s awards, BAT Bangladesh (BATB) was recognised for its commitment to organisational culture and diversity, as well the quality of recruitment and differentiated talent management practices.

November 18, 2016
November 18, 2016

7 bite-sized classes for your lunch break

Try these 7 bite-size classes—right before bedtime or even during lunch break.

November 13, 2016
November 13, 2016

The one song that can give you maximum relaxation, according to scientists

Yes, you read it right—neuroscientists in the UK have found one song that can reduce your anxiety by over 65%.

November 11, 2016
November 11, 2016

4 clever ways to wake up faster

Let's face it. Nobody in their right mind would get out of bed at 7 in the morning. Despair not, for scientists have come up with a solution for the sleepiest of heads.