Sub-editor & Feature Writer, Tech & Startup, The Daily Star
It is important to keep realistic goals in mind when charting out your New Year's resolutions, especially when it involves your work. Here are some down-to-earth career resolutions you could work towards to boost your professional life - one small step at a time - in 2025.
Transferable skills, a common term in the world of modern job hunting, are best described as proficiencies you can carry from one job to another. If you're considering shifting jobs soon, you should ensure you have sufficiently honed these essential skills, so you stand out as a strong candidate in today’s competitive job market.
We’ve all been there: stuck in a professional meet-up, awkwardly lingering in a corner, unsure of how to jump into a conversation. Here are five practical ice-breakers to help you break the silence and get the conversation flowing.
Switching careers—for both new professionals and seasoned veterans—is a risky decision to take. So, when is the optimal time to consider switching careers?
The growth of AI and digital skills in Bangladesh is creating new opportunities for people with disabilities, offering fresh hope for greater inclusion in the workforce. One such initiative is currently being implemented by the Building Youth Employability Through Skills (BYETS) project of Swisscontact, in collaboration with the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP).
No matter what step you are in your career, networking can make or break your professional success. But, who should you prioritise on your list?
Despite its recent entry, Honor seems eager to make a statement with the Honor 200, which promises to be a high-end device with near-flagship qualities. Let's take a closer look.
Story Engine Inc., an AI startup co-founded by Bangladeshi Stanford graduate Sheikh Srijon, has received $750,000 in pre-seed funding from the reputed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z). The startup, founded by Sheikh Srijon, Zhizhuo Zhou, and Wanrong He, aims to revolutionise the realm of webtoon and anime creation through generative AI technology.
With that, we reach yet another weekend, bringing in a new week with the hope of a brighter tomorrow.
It goes without saying that this whopping 20% increase in import duty for software is a massive one. Not only does it mean an increased price tag for essential software like Word and Windows OS, but it also reduces the accessibility of premium, full versions of such software for local users.
With that, another weekend rolls in, bringing in better promises for a brighter future.
With Google recently releasing Bard as a potential competitor for ChatGPT, you might be wondering the obvious question: which is better among the two AI chatbots?
This year's World Cup of Pokémon qualifiers featured over 200 players from 17 teams, each representing their countries/continents to claim the final three spots in the main knockoff series.
TECNO is known by fans as a reliable provider of affordable smartphones for those on a budget. Their latest release, TECNO SPARK 10 Pro, caters to the budget market once again, this time focusing mostly on the camera performance.
Meet Gold Kinen - a local app where one can buy, sell and store gold using their own personal vault.
This week’s Cover Story is all about being safe from fire hazards, and how you can stay one ahead of such unfortunate occurrences.
Trucks have always played a critical role in the economic and logistics development of Bangladesh. Not only are they a reliable method of transporting large quantities of goods across distant areas, but their versatility in construction, mining and manufacturing jobs also makes them an irreplaceable asset in the transport industry.
Bangladesh is home to about 16.5 million farmers, constituting about 28% of the country's 170 million population.