Shams Rashid Tonmoy

Sub-editor & Feature Writer, Tech & Startup, The Daily Star

How to create a career roadmap that adapts with you

The key to building your career isn't a rigid five-year plan. It's building a 'flexible' roadmap, i.e. one that gives you direction without locking you into a single path. Here's how to do it.

1w ago

Quiet thriving: finding purpose in a 'just fine' job

You don't need to wait for the perfect job to feel engaged at work. A new approach called 'quiet thriving' - the positive counterpart to 'quiet quitting' - focuses on making small, intentional changes to rediscover meaning and even joy in your current role.

1w ago

Time management essentials for new employees

Starting a new job brings excitement and nerves in equal measure, often accompanied by that nagging question: "How will I get everything done?" Effective time management isn't about working harder - it's about working smarter.

2w ago

Esports: the digital arena that's redefining entertainment

What began as a niche pastime has transformed into a full-blown entertainment spectacle, one that sells out stadiums, commands prime-time viewership, and even attracts the attention of national governments and Olympic committees.

1m ago

AAB's Motorsport Academy for aspiring professional racers

Automobile Association of Bangladesh (AAB) has recently launched the Motorsport Academy, offering structured training programmes designed to develop professional racing talent. The academy currently runs three sequential courses – beginner, intermediate and advanced – each requiring successful completion of exams to progress.

1m ago

A personal goodbye to Skype; the app that connected worlds

Today, Skype, the app that once connected me to so many important moments, is officially gone. It’s a strange feeling. Sure, I have switched to Messenger for chats and Zoom for meetings like everyone else. But I can’t help but feel a little sad. Few things else carry the same level of nostalgia as that familiar blue icon.

2m ago

Bangladeshi scientist invents smart pill to track gut health

Dr Yasser Khan, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), is leading groundbreaking research in AI-enabled medical devices. His latest innovation? A GPS-like ingestible smart pill that could revolutionise how we understand the gut-brain connection.

3m ago

Will overworking get you ahead? 

We’ve all been there—burning the midnight oil, skipping lunch breaks, or replying to emails at 2 am because we believe that grinding harder than everyone else is the golden ticket to promotions and respect. But is it really? The truth is far more nuanced than a simple 'yes' or 'no'.

4m ago
March 5, 2023
March 5, 2023

Truck Lagbe: Redefining traditional trucking

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.

March 5, 2023
March 5, 2023

iFarmer: The tech-enabled one-stop solution for smallholder farmers

Bangladesh is home to about 16.5 million farmers, constituting about 28% of the country's 170 million population.

March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023

Your friendly neighbourhood chatbot

Turn to this week’s Cover Story to learn about AlapChari, the chatbot that receives questions and answers them in our glorious mother tongue. 

March 1, 2023
March 1, 2023

Meet the Bangla ChatGPT - AlapChari

A chabot that runs on the same language model as ChatGPT, AlapChari can provide coherent responses to users' questions in Bangla.

February 15, 2023
February 15, 2023

Hollywoodisation of video games: Blurring the lines of interactive media

Despite the very first video games stemming from the 1950s, it wasn’t until the popularity of arcades and home consoles in the 1980s that video games truly entered worldwide pop culture.

January 27, 2023
January 27, 2023

The electric dream

Is Bangladesh ready to embrace the electric dream? That’s exactly what we discuss in this week’s Cover Story.

January 6, 2023
January 6, 2023

New year, new tech

With that, welcome to 2023. Happy new year everyone.

December 30, 2022
December 30, 2022

2022: the year of technological resurgence

Before the year officially ends, let's take a look at the biggest tech happenings in 2022.

December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022

Finding that one fine line

And with that, the second last issue of the year! See you next weekend for the 2022 wrapup!

December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022

Out of sight but not out of mind

Out of sight but not out of mind.